Brokkat language
| Brokkat | |
|---|---|
| Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | (300 cited 1993)[1] |
| Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
bro |
| Glottolog |
brok1249[2] |
The Brokkat language (Dzongkha: བྲོཀ་ཁ་; Wylie: Brok-kha; also called "Brokskad" and "Jokay") is an endangered[3] Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur in Bumthang Valley of Bumthang District in central Bhutan.[4][1] Brokkat is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 Brokkat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Brokkat". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Moseley, Christopher (2007). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Curzon language family series. Psychology Press. pp. 314, 324. ISBN 0-7007-1197-X.
- 1 2 van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
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