Sikkimese language

Tibetic language of Nepal and Sikkim, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sikkimese (འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་) is a Tibetic languages spoken by the Sikkimese people in Sikkim, India, and northeast Nepal. The Sikkimese people call their language Dranjongke meaning "Rice Valley language" and they call their homeland Denzong meaning "Rice Valley".[2][3] Other names for the language are Bhotia, Dranjoke, Denjongka, Denzongpeke, and Denzongke.

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Sikkimese
Drenjongke
འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་
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RegionSikkim, Nepal (Mechi Zone), Bhutan
EthnicitySikkimese
Native speakers
70,000 (2001)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Kanauri ?
    • Bodish
      • Tibetic
        • Dzongkha–Lhokä
          • Sikkimese
Tibetan script
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3sip
Glottologsikk1242
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