The Tamang (རྟ་དམག་; Devanagari: तामाङ; tāmāṅ) are an Tibeto-Burmese language-speaking indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal. In Nepal Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 census.^[5] Tamang people are also found in significant numbers in the Indian state of Sikkim and districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal state of India and various districts in the southern foothills of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Such districts include the Tsirang District, the Dagana District, the Samtse District, the Chukha District, the Sarpang District and the Samdrup Jongkhar District.^[6] Tamang language is the fifth most-spoken language in Nepal.^[7]

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