Rangas language

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Rangas
Rangkas
Native to India
Region Uttarakhand
Ethnicity1,000 Rangkas
Extinct early 20th century
Sino-Tibetan
  • Rangas
Language codes
ISO 639-3 rgk
rgk.html
Glottolog rang1266
Surendra Singh Pangtey, a Shauka, narrating a joke in a form of Johari with many Rangas words

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

Rangas was spoken in Dharchula and Munsiyari tehsils (facing the Nepal border along the Mahakali valley), Johar Valley, Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India. [1]

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