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Gurung (Tamu Kyi)

Learn about Gurung (Tamu Kyi) through verified cultural context, key facts, regions, traditions and references.

Family

Sino-Tibetan (Tamangic)

Where

Gandaki hills — Kaski, Lamjung, Tanahun, Gorkha

Speakers

≈ 1.9% (2011)

Script

Devanagari; Khe Prih script revival

Note

Language of the Tamu people of the Annapurna foothills — villages like Ghandruk and Sikles keep its oral histories alive.