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Laya dialect

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Native to
  
Native speakers
  
1,100 (2003)

Ethnicity
  
Layap

Writing system
  
Tibetan

Laya dialect

Region
  
Language family
  
Sino-TibetanTibeto-Kanauri ?BodishTibeticDzongkha–LhokäDzongkhaLaya

Laya (Dzongkha: ལ་ཡ་ཁ་, ལ་ཡག་ཁ་; Wylie: la-ya-kha, la-yag-kha) is a Tibetic variety spoken by indigenous Layaps inhabiting the high mountains of northwest Bhutan in the village of Laya, Gasa District. Speakers also inhabit the northern regions of Thimphu (Lingzhi Gewog) and Punakha Districts. Its speakers are ethnically related to the Tibetans. Most speakers live at an altitude of 3,850 metres (12,630 ft), just below the Tsendagang peak. Laya speakers are also called Bjop by the Bhutanese, sometimes considered a condescending term. There were 1,100 speakers of Laya in 2003.

Laya is a variety of Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan. There is a limited mutual intelligibility with Dzongkha, mostly in basic vocabulary and grammar.

References

Laya dialect Wikipedia


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