Gurung (Nepali:गुरुङ)
Tamu Kyi, Manangi, Mustangi(Loke), Seke
Native to	Nepal
Ethnicity	Gurung people
Native speakers	325,622 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tamangic Gurung (Nepali:गुरुङ)
Writing system	Khema, Devanagari,Tibetan, Khe phri
Official status
Official language in	India Sikkim (additional)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gvr
Glottolog	guru1261
ELP	Western Gurung Eastern Gurung

Selected ethnic groups of Nepal:

  Bhotia, Sherpa, Thakali

  Gurung/Tamu

  Kiranti, Rai, Limbu

  Nepal Bhasa

  Pahari

  Tamang

Gurung Language is the language of the Gurung people, an ethnic group, indigenous native of Nepal. The Gurung Language includes languages such as: Manangi, Mustangi (Loke), Tamu kyi ( ཏམུ་ཀི, Tamu Kyi), Seke etc., languages. The total number of all Gurung speakers in Nepal was 227,918 (1991 census).

Nepal's official language Nepali, is an Indo-European language, whereas Gurung is a Sino-Tibetan language. Gurung is a one of the official language of Sikkim, India.

Geographical distribution

Gurung is spoken in the following districts of Nepal and districts of Sikkim, India (Ethnologue):

• Gandaki Zone: Kaski District, Syangja District, Lamjung District, Tanahu District, Gorkha District, Manang District and Mustang
• Dhawalagiri Zone: Parbat district
• Sikkim: South Sikkim,West Sikkim

Grammar

Some miscellaneous grammatical features of the Gurung languages are:

• SOV
• Postpositions
• Genitives
• Adjectives relatives before noun heads
• numerals after noun heads
• Rising intonation in bipolar questions
• 1 prefix on negative verbs
• Maximum number of suffixes 3
• case of noun phrase shown by preposition
• No subject or object referencing in verbs
• split ergative system according to tense
• Causatives
• Benefactives
• CV, CCV, CCCV

Phonetically, Gurung languages are tonal.