Rangas language

Rangas
Region	Uttarakhand
Extinct	early 20th century
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Rangas
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`rgk`
Glottolog	`rang1266`^[1]

Rangas (Rangkas) is an extinct West Himalayish language spoken by the Rangas people of Uttarakhand, India. The Rangas joined the Kumauni people and shifted to their language. There is currently an ethnic population of about 1,000 people.

Rangkas was spoken in Darchula and Munsyari tahsils (facing the Nepal border along the Mahakali valley), Johar valley, Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India.^[2]

References

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Rangkas". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Ethnologue entry for Rangas

Bodic (Tibeto-Kanauri) languages

Bodish

Tibetic

Central	Central Tibetan Standard Tibetan (Old, Classical) Mugom Basum

Amdo	Amdo Tibetan Choni

Kham-Hor	Khams Tibetan Tseku Khamba

Western	Ladakhi Purgi Zangskari Balti Lahuli–Spiti

Southern	Groma Sikkimese Sherpa Jirel Dzongkha Brokkat Brokpa Chocangaca Lakha Naapa Laya Lunana

Mixed	Baima Dao

Unclassified	Kyirong-Kagate (Yolmo) Zhongu Khalong Dongwang Gserpa Zitsadegu Drugchu

East Bodish

Tshangla

West Himalayish

Tamangic

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