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Limbu (Yakthung Pan)

Learn about Limbu (Yakthung Pan) through verified cultural context, key facts, regions, traditions and references.

Family

Sino-Tibetan (Kiranti)

Where

Eastern hills — Panchthar, Taplejung, Ilam, Tehrathum

Speakers

≈ 1.3% (2011)

Script

Sirijanga (revived) and Devanagari

Note

Written in the Sirijanga script, revived in the 20th century after the 18th-century scholar Te-ongsi Sirijanga composed it.