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]