Chali language

Chali
Region	Bhutan
Native speakers	1,500 (2011)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tibeto-Kanauri Bodish East Bodish Chali
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tgf`
Glottolog	`chal1267`^[2]

The Chali language (Dzongkha: ཚ་ལི་ཁ་; Wylie: Tsha-li-kha; also called "Chalikha," "Chalipkha," "Tshali," and "Tshalingpa") is an East Bodish language spoken by about 8,200 people in Wangmakhar, Gorsum and Tormazhong villages in Mongar District in eastern Bhutan, mainly around Chhali Gewog on east bank of Kuri Chhu River.^[3]^[4] Chalikha is related to Bumthangkha and Kurtöpkha.^[3]

References

↑ Chali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Chalikha". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
1 2 "Chalikha". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
↑ van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

Central	Central Tibetan Standard Tibetan (Old, Classical) Mugom Basum
Amdo	Amdo Tibetan Choni
Kham-Hor	Khams Tibetan Tseku Khamba
Western	Ladakhi Purgi Zangskari Balti Lahuli–Spiti
Southern	Groma Sikkimese Sherpa Jirel Dzongkha Brokkat Brokpa Chocangaca Lakha Naapa Laya Lunana
Mixed	Baima Dao
Unclassified	Kyirong-Kagate (Yolmo) Zhongu Khalong Dongwang Gserpa Zitsadegu Drugchu

Tibetic	Dzongkha Ngalong Laya Brokkat Brokpa Chocangacakha Khams Tibetan Lakha Sikkimese
East Bodish	Bumthang Kheng Kurtöp Nupbikha Chali Dakpa Dzala Nyenkha
Tshangla (Sharchop)

Unclassified

Isolate

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