Lhokpu language
Sino-Tibetan language of southwestern Bhutan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lhokpu, also Lhobikha or Taba-Damey-Bikha, is one of the autochthonous languages of Bhutan spoken by the Lhop people. It is spoken in southwestern Bhutan along the border of Samtse and Chukha Districts. Van Driem (2003) leaves it unclassified as a separate branch within the Sino-Tibetan language family.[2]
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Lhokpu | |
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Region | southwest Bhutan (Samtse, Chukha) |
Native speakers | (2,500 cited 1993)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lhp |
Glottolog | lhok1238 |
ELP | Lhokpu |
Lhokpu is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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