Bumthang language
The Bumthang language (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་ཁ་, Wylie: bum thang kha); also called "Bhumtam", "Bumtang(kha)", "Bumtanp", "Bumthapkha", and "Kebumtamp") is an East Bodish language spoken by about 20,000 people in Bumthang and surrounding districts of Bhutan. Van Driem (1993) describes Bumthang as the dominant language of central Bhutan.
| Bumthang | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Bhutan |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2011) |
| Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kjz |
| Glottolog | bumt1240 |
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