Lakha language
For other uses, see Lakha.
| Lakha | |
|---|---|
| Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | 8,000 (1993)[1] |
| Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
lkh |
| Glottolog |
lakh1240[2] |
Lakha (Tibetan: ལ་ཁ་, Wylie: la kha "language of the mountain pass", also called "Tshangkha") is a Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa Districts in central Bhutan.[1][3] Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lakha". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Lakha language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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