Rangas language

{{Short description|Extinct Sino-Tibetan language of India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Rangas

| nativename =

| region = Uttarakhand

| extinct = early 20th century

| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan

| fam3 = Tibeto-Kanauri ?

| fam4 = West Himalayish

| fam5 = Almora

| iso3 = rgk

| linglist = rgk.html

| glotto = rang1266

| glottorefname = Rangkas

| ethnicity = 1,000 Rangkas

| states = India

| altname = Rangkas

}}

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.[http://www.ethnologue.com/language/rgk Ethnologue entry for Rangas]