Back Таму Byelorussian গুরুং জনজাতি Bengali/Bangla Gurung German Γκουρούνγκ (λαός) Greek Gurungoj Esperanto Gurungs French गुरुंग Hindi Gurung Italian グルン Japanese გურუნგები Georgian
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गुरुङ རྟམུ | |
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 Gurung people in traditional attire | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Manang, Parbat, Lamjung, Mustang, Gorkha, Kaski, Tanahun, Syangja and Dolpa | |
 Nepal | 543,790 (2021)[1] |
 India | 139,000 (2021) |
 United States | 17,000 (2023)[2] |
 United Kingdom | 75,000 (2023) |
| Languages | |
| Gurung, Nepali, Seke | |
| Religion | |
 Buddhism Hinduism Bon | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tibetan, Qiang, Tamang, Magar, Thakali, Sherpa | |
| Gurung people | |||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||
| Tibetan | ཏམུ | ||||
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Gurung (exonym; Nepali: गुरुङ) or Tamu (endonym; Gurung: རྟམུ) are a Tibetan ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal.[3] Gurungs speak Tamu kyi which is a Sino-Tibetan language derived from the Tibeto-Burman language family. The written form of Gurung is heavily dependent on the Tibetan script and history and details related to their culture and tradition is passed on from one generation to the other usually by word-of-mouth.
The Gurungs have historically lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle, herding sheep and yaks in the Himalayan foothills, but many have diversified into other professions while retaining strong ties to their cultural heritage.[4]
- ^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
- ^ "Rai-Peoplegrouporg".
- ^ Ragsdale, T.A. (1990). "Gurungs, Goorkhalis, Gurkhas: speculations on a Nepalese ethno-history" (PDF). Contributions to Nepalese Studies. 17 (1): 1–24.
- ^ https://jndmeerut.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/3.pdf