Brokpa language

The Brokpa language (Dzongkha: དྲོཀ་པ་ཁ་; Wylie: Drok-pa-kha; also called "Brokpa," "Dakpa," "Damilo," "Dap," "Drokpakay," "Jobikha," "Mera Sagtengpa," "Meragsagstengkha," "Mira Sagtengpa," and "Sagtengpa") is a Southern Tibetan language spoken by about 5,000 people mainly in Merak and Sakten Gewogs in the Sakten Valley of Trashigang District in eastern Bhutan.^[2][3] Brokpa is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.^[3]

One historical Chinese name of Bhutanese, Chinese: 布鲁克巴; pinyin: bù lǔ kè bā, might be cognate to this language.^{[citation needed]} Roger Blench has also recently named a language complex called Senge, spoken in 3 villages northwest of Dirang in West Kameng district.^[4]

Dondrup (1993:3) lists the following Brokpa villages.

• West Kameng district
  • Lubrung
  • Dirme
  • Sumrang
  • Nyokmadung
  • Undra ^[5]
  • Sengedrong
• Tawang district
  • Lagam
  • Mago
  • Thingbu
  • Lakuthang
• Bhutan
  • Saklang
  • Marale

The 1981 census counted 1,855 Brokpa people in Arunachal Pradesh.

See also

• Languages of Bhutan

References

1. ↑ Brokpa reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
2. ↑ "Brokpake". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
4. ↑ http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/South%20Asia/NEI/Bodish/Senge%20cluster/Sengres.htm
5. ↑ first letter missing in book

• Dondrup, Rinchin 1993. Brokeh language guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Arunachal Pradesh Government.

External links

• Himalayan Languages Project