Ethnicity Takpa people | Writing system Tibetan alphabet | |
Region India; Bhutan; Lhoka, Tibet Native speakers 9,100 in India (2006)
2,000 in Bhutan (2011); 1,300 in China (2000 census) Language family Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Kanauri ?
Bodish
East Bodish
Takpa ISO 639-3 Either:
dka – Dakpa
twm – Tawang Monpa | ||
The Takpa or Dakpa language (Dzongkha: Tibetan: དཀ་པ་ཁ་, Wylie: dak pa kha, Dakpakha, known in India as Tawang Monpa, is an East Bodish language spoken in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, claimed by Tibet as a part of Lho-kha Sa-khul, and in northern Trashigang District in eastern Bhutan, mainly in Chaleng, Phongmed Gewog, Yobinang, Dangpholeng and Lengkhar near Radi Gewog. Van Driem (2001) describes Takpa as the most divergent of Bhutan's East Bodish languages, though it shares many similarities with Bumthang. SIL reports that Takpa may be a dialect of the Brokpa language and that it been influenced by the Dzala language whereas Brokpa has not.
Takpa is mutually unintelligible with Monpa of Zemithang and Monpa of Mago-Thingbu. There is no data currently available for these two languages, so they may or may not be Bodish.
Wangchu (2002) reports that Tawang Monpa is spoken in Lhou, Seru, Lemberdung, and Changprong villages, Tawang District, Arunachal Pradesh.