Alternate Names: Cukwa Ring, Pohing, Pohing Kha
Dialects: None known. A noticeable number of shared nouns with Northern Lohorung , (2011 J. Eppele).
Status Notes: Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Rai.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 100 (2011 SIL), decreasing. Only 5 fluent speakers (2011).
Language Use: Shifting to Nepali [npi] and English [eng]. Religion; mixed use: Home. Elderly.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; verbal affixation marks person and number; tense; nontonal.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Nepal
Other Comments: Linguistically between Kulung-Nachering-Sangpang and Meohang-Saam (Hansson 1991), but there is no supporting data. The Chukwa claim a close linguistic and ethnic affiliation with Saam ,; they say that their language is very different from Kulung ,, although Van Driem (2001) lists Chukwa as a subgroup of Kulung. Traditional religion, Hindu.