Wikipedia-based language reference
Tamang Language
Tamang (तामाङ) is a collective term for a Sino-Tibetan language cluster spoken mainly in Nepal and also in India (Sikkim, West Bengal/Darjeeling, North-Eastern India), and listed as native to Bhutan.
Primary Source:
Wikipedia – Tamang language
(accessed 2026-01-12)
At-a-glance
GeoRegions
Nepal • Sikkim • West Bengal • North-East India • Bhutan
Writing systems
Tamyig • Devanagari • Tibetan (Wikipedia listing)
Official status
Nepal (Bagmati & Madhesh additional), India (Sikkim)
Interactive charts (Wikipedia figures)
Clean charts based on the Wikipedia values you pasted (speaker counts, varieties, lexical similarity range).
Native speakers by country
Nepal / India
Wikipedia lists Nepal (2021 census) and India (2011 census). Bhutan is listed as native-to without a numeric speaker figure (N/A).
Speakers by variety (as stated on Wikipedia)
Varieties
Note: reference years vary (2000 WCD / 1991 census) exactly as stated on Wikipedia.
Lexical similarity range
63% → 81%
Wikipedia: Eastern Tamang vs other varieties ranges 81% to 63% lexical similarity.
Chart source:
Wikipedia – Tamang language
(accessed 2026-01-12)
Grammar & key features (Wikipedia summary)
Grammar
- SOV word order
- Postpositions
- Genitives precede nouns
- Question word medial
- Ergative–absolutive alignment
- Tonal (phonetic)
Writing system
Wikipedia lists: Tamyig script, Devanagari, and Tibetan.
Sources & attribution
This page is a summarized visualization built from Wikipedia’s Tamang language article (CC BY-SA).
Primary reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamang_language
(accessed 2026-01-12)