Tamangic languages

The Tamangic languages, TGTM languages, or West Bodish languages or Kaike-Ghale-Tamangic languages (Glottolog), are a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in the Himalayas of Nepal. They are called "West Bodish" by Bradley (1997), from Bod, the native term for Tibet. TGTM stands for Tamang-Gurung-Thakali-Manang.

Proto-TGTM has been reconstructed in Mazaudon (1994). Tamangic is united with the Bodish and West Himalayish languages in Bradley's (1997) "Bodish" and Van Driem's (2001) Tibeto-Kanauri.

Languages
The Tamangic languages are:
 * Tamang (several divergent varieties, with a million speakers)
 * Gurung (two varieties with low mutual intelligibility)
 * Thakali (including the Seke dialect; ethnically Tamang)
 * Manang language cluster: the closely related Manang, Gyasumdo, Nar Phu, and Nyeshangte languages.
 * Chantyal
 * Ghale languages (Ghale and Kutang): spoken by ethnic Tamang, perhaps related to Tamangic.
 * Kaike (moribund): may be the most divergent.