Region Bhutan Writing system Tibetan script Glottolog lakh1240 | Native speakers 8,000 (1993) ISO 639-3 lkh | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Kanauri ?
Bodish
Tibetic
Dzongkha–Lhokä
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. Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.
References
Lakha language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA