Chantyal language

{{Short description|Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Chhantyal

|states=Nepal

|region=Gulmi, Baglung and Myagdi Districts

|ethnicity={{sigfig|9,820|2}} (2001 census)

|speakers={{sigfig|4,280|2}}

|date=2011 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Tamangic

|iso3=chx

|glotto=chan1310

|glottorefname=Chantyal

}}

Chhantyal is spoken by approximately 2,000 of the 10,000 ethnic Chhantyal in Nepal. Chhantyal is spoken in the Kali Gandaki River valley of Myagdi District; there are also ethnic Chantel in Baglung District (Ethnologue).

The Chhantyal language is a member of the Tamangic group (along with Gurung, Thakali, Manangba, Nar-Phu and Tamang) of the Sino-Tibetan family. Within its group, it is lexically and grammatically closest to Thakali.