Tilung

TIJ

moribund

Alternate Names: Tiling, Tilling, Tilung Blama

Dialects: Choskule, Dorunkecha. Choskule and Dorungkecha dialects may be related languages.

Status Notes: Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Rai.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Western Tibeto-Burman
Himalayan
Kiranti
Western

Demographics: 1,420 (2011 census), decreasing.

Language Use: Mixed use: Religion. Elderly. Some use among young and older adults.

Typology: SOV; postpositions.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Nepal

Other Comments: Geographically isolated community. Traditional religion, Hindu.