Kheng language

Khengkha
Spoken in Bhutan
Native speakers 40,000  (1993)
Language family
Writing system Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xkf

Khengkha, also called the Kheng language, is a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family spoken in the Zhemgang, Trongsa and Mongar districts of south central Bhutan. There are about 40,000 speakers of Khengkha.[1]

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Related languages

Historically, Khengkha and its speakers have had close contact with speakers of Kurtöpkha, Nupbikha and Bumthangkha, nearby languages of central and eastern Bhutan, to the extent that they may be considered part of a wider collection of "Bumthang languages."[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  2. ^ Schicklgruber, Christian (1998). Françoise Pommaret-Imaeda. ed. Bhutan: Mountain Fortress of the Gods. Shambhala. pp. 50, 53. http://books.google.com/books?id=8Q1uAAAAMAAJ. 
  3. ^ van Driem, George (2007). "Endangered Languages of Bhutan and Sikkim: East Bodish Languages". In Moseley, Christopher. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. p. 295. ISBN 070071197X. http://books.google.com/books?id=6LoNl7ZRO70C. 
  4. ^ van Driem, George (2007). Matthias Brenzinger. ed. Language diversity endangered. Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs, Mouton Reader. 181. Walter de Gruyter. p. 312. ISBN 3110170507. http://books.google.com/books?id=6p6b5GQ4Q4YC. 

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Tibeto-Burman
Bumthang (Kheng · Kurtöp · Nupbikha) · Chali · Dakpa · Dzala · 'Olekha (Monpa) · Nyenkha
Gongduk · Gurung · Kiranti (including Camling and Limbu) · Lepcha · Lhokpu · Nepal Bhasa · Tamang
Indo-Aryan