ʼOle language
Sino-Tibetan language of western Bhutan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ʼOle, also called ʼOlekha or Black Mountain Monpa, is a possibly Sino-Tibetan language spoken by about 1,000 people in the Black Mountains of Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa Districts in western Bhutan. The term ʼOle refers to a clan of speakers.[2]
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ʼOle | |
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Black Mountain Monpa | |
Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | 3 (2016)[1] |
possibly Sino-Tibetan or a linguistic isolate | |
Tibetan script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ole |
Glottolog | olek1239 |
ELP | Olekha |
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![Rindzi Phup, one of the last speakers of the ʼOle Mönpa language](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Rindzi_Phup.gif)