Lakha language

For other uses, see Lakha (disambiguation).

Lakha
ལ་ཁ་, la kha
Region	Bhutan
Native speakers	(8,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Dzongkha–Lhokä Lakha
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lkh
Glottolog	lakh1240
ELP	Lakha

Lakha (Tibetan: ལ་ཁ་, Wylie: la kha "language of the mountain pass", also called "Tshangkha") is a Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa Districts in central Bhutan.[1][2] Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.[1]

See also

• Languages of Bhutan

References

1. van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
2. Lakha language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)