Lakha language
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]
| Lakha | |
|---|---|
| ལ་ཁ་, la kha | |
| Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1993)[1] |
| Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lkh |
| Glottolog | lakh1240[2] |
See also
References
- van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Lakha". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Lakha language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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