Lakha language explained

Lakha
Nativename:ལ་ཁ་, la kha
Region:Bhutan
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Speakers:8,000
Date:1993
Fam2:Tibeto-Kanauri ?
Fam3:Bodish
Fam4:Tibetic
Fam5:Dzongkha–Lhokä
Script:Tibetan script
Iso3:lkh
Glotto:lakh1240
Glottorefname:Lakha

Lakha ("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] Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. 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 .