Lumba-Yakkha language

Not to be confused with Yakkha language.

Lumba-Yakkha
Native to	Nepal
Region	Dhankuta district
Native speakers	1,200 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kiranti Eastern Greater Yakkha Lumba-Yakkha
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`luu`
Glottolog	(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language) `lumb1250`^[2]

Lumba-Yakkha is a purported eastern Kiranti language of Nepal.

References

↑ Lumba-Yakkha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lumba-Yakkha". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Kiranti languages

Western	Thulung Wambule Jerung Khaling Dumi Koi Bahing Sunwar Vayu Tilung

Central	Kulung Nachhiring Sampang Saam Bantawa Puma Chamling Dungmali

Eastern	Yakkha Lumba-Yakkha Lambichhong Belhare Athpare Chintang Chulung Yamphu Lohorung Mewahang Waling? Limbu

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