Brokpa language
| Brokpa | |
|---|---|
| Bjokha | |
| Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2006)[1] |
| Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sgt |
| ELP | Brokpake |
The Brokpa language (Dzongkha: དྲོཀ་པ་ཁ་; Wylie: Drok-pa-kha; also called "Brokpa," "Dakpa," "Damilo," "Dap," "Drokpakay," "Jobikha," "Mera Sagtengpa," "Meragsagstengkha," "Mira Sagtengpa," and "Sagtengpa") is a Southern Tibetan language spoken by about 5,000 people mainly in Merak and Sakten Gewogs in the Sakten Valley of Trashigang District in eastern Bhutan.[2][3] Brokpa is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.[3]
One historical Chinese name of Bhutanese, Chinese: 布鲁克巴; pinyin: bù lǔ kè bā, might be cognate to this language.[citation needed] Roger Blench has also recently named a language complex called Senge, spoken in 3 villages northwest of northwest of Dirang in West Kameng district.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Brokpa at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ "Brokpake". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ a b van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/South%20Asia/NEI/Bodish/Senge%20cluster/Sengres.htm
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