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Kiranti languages

Eurasian Language Families

The Kiranti languages are a major family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal and India by the Kirati people.

Facts
Region
Eastern Nepal and India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Bhutan) 1
Proto-Language Status
Proto-Kiranti reconstructed by Michailovsky (1991) and Starostin (1994) 1
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Kiranti languages (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, Geographic distribution
    Eastern Nepal and India (notably Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Bhutan)
  • Proto-Kiranti
    Research on proto-Kiranti includes work on phonology and comparative morphology by George van Driem, reconstructions by Michailovsky (1991) and Sergei Starostin 1994.
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Wikidata: Kiranti languages
Wikidata Q922148, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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