Jero or Jerung is a moribund Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
The term ‘Jerung’, by contrast, is a toponym used in the names of several villages within the language area as well as the name of a village in the Wambule-speaking area.
Jero/Jerung language is spoken by more than 2,000 people living in Okhalḍhuṅgā and Sindhulī districts of eastern Nepal.
Gerd Hanßon (1991) claims that there are three to four dialects of Jero: Madhavpur, Balakhu-Sisneri, and Ratnawati (Sindhuli).
Jero/Jerung language is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (Ethnologue).