Sikkimese language

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Sikkimese
Spoken in: Bhutan, India
Total speakers:
Language family: Sino-Tibetan
 Tibeto-Burman
  Sikkimese
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: to be added
ISO/FDIS 639-3: sip

Sikkimese (also known as Bhutia) is a sublanguage of South Tibetan (Bhutanese-Sikkimese, Lhoke) language. It is a minority language spoken by the Bhutia community in Northern Sikkim. Its own name is Dranjongke (Wylie: Bras-ljongs-skad).

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