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Rangas language

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Rangas
Rangkas
Native toIndia
RegionUttarakhand
Ethnicity1,000 Rangkas
Extinctearly 20th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3rgk
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Glottolograng1266

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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