Naapa language

Naaba
Naapa
Region	Nepal
Native speakers	770 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Dzongkha–Lhokä Naaba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`nao`
Glottolog	`naab1241`^[2]

Naapa (Naaba), or Nawa Sherpa, is a Tibetic language of Nepal (and one village in China) closely related to Dzongkha of Bhutan. Speakers live among Lhomi speakers.

References

↑ Naaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Naaba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Nepal

Official language

Nepali

Indigenous
languages

Sino-Tibetan

Kiranti	Bahing Bantawa Belhare Chamling Limbu Sampang Sunwar Thulung Vayu Waling Yakkha

Magaric	Bhujel Chepang Dura Kham Magar

Tamangic	Chantyal Gurung Manang Tamang

Tibetic	Jirel Kyirong-Kagate Mugomt Naapa Sherpa Sikkimese Yolmo

Other	Baram Dhimal Kaike Lepcha Newar Raji Raute Thangmi

Indo-Aryan

Other

Sign languages

Bodic (Tibeto-Kanauri) languages

Bodish

Tibetic

Central	Central Tibetan Standard Tibetan (Old, Classical) Mugom Basum

Amdo	Amdo Tibetan Choni

Kham-Hor	Khams Tibetan Tseku Khamba

Western	Ladakhi Burig Zangskari Balti Lahuli–Spiti

Southern	Groma Sikkimese Sherpa Jirel Dzongkha Brokkat Brokpa Chocangaca Lakha Naapa Laya Lunana

Mixed	Baima Dao

Unclassified	Kyirong-Kagate (Yolmo) Zhongu Khalong Dongwang Gserpa Zitsadegu Drugchu

East Bodish

Tshangla

West Himalayish

Tamangic

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