Brokkat language
Tibetic language spoken in Bhutan
Brokkat | |
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བྲོཀ་ཁ Brok-kha | |
Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | (300 cited 1993)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Writing system | Tibetan script |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bro |
Glottolog | brok1249 |
ELP | Brokkat |
The Brokkat language (Dzongkha: བྲོཀ་ཁ་; Wylie: Brok-kha; also called "Brokskad" and "Jokay") is an endangered[2] Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur in Bumthang Valley of Bumthang District in central Bhutan.[3][1] Brokkat is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Brokkat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Moseley, Christopher (2007). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Curzon language family series. Psychology Press. pp. 314, 324. ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0.
- ^ a b van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
External links
- Himalayan Languages Project
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