Chali language explained

Chali
Nativename:ཚ་ལི་ཁ, Tsha-li-kha
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Speakers:1,500
Date:2011
Ref:e18
Fam3:Tibeto-Kanauri (?)
Iso3:tgf
Glotto:chal1267
Glottorefname:Chalikha

The Chali language (Dzongkha: ཚ་ལི་ཁ་; Wylie: Tsha-li-kha; also called "Chalikha," "Chalipkha," "Tshali," and "Tshalingpa") is an East Bodish language spoken by about 1,398 people in Wangmakhar, Gorsum and Tormazhong villages in Mongar District in eastern Bhutan, mainly around Chhali Gewog on east bank of Kuri Chhu River.[1] [2] [3] Chalikha is related to Bumthangkha and Kurtöpkha.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chalikha . Ethnologue Online . . . 2006 . 2011-01-18.
  2. Web site: Language Policy in Bhutan . PDF . van Driem . George L. . George van Driem . . . 1993 . 2011-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101101084255/http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo%3A3003 . 2010-11-01 . dead .
  3. Book: Royal Government of Bhutan . 2017 Population and Housing Census of Bhutan . Royal Government of Bhutan . 2017.