In the oldest recorded study conducted in the area in 1855, Joseph Hooker reported that the Walung had been there for centuries or longer.

A large monastery, Deki Chholing Gompa, was built 450 years ago sits on top of the main village of Olangchung Gola.

[4] Losar (Tibetan New Year) and Futuk are the main festivals, which the people celebrate with full pomp and show.

[7][1] Clark (2019) places it in a group which he calls "WDT Bhote", where the three varieties are Walungge, Thudam, and Dhokpya (Thokpya, Tokpegola).

The Tibetic languages as a whole are an area of conflict for the linguistic community, largely due to the complexity of the continuum of dialects that makes up the branch.

Nicolas Tournadre (2014) places Walungge and Dhokpya (he calls it Tokpe Gola) under his South-Western Tibetic branch.