Lakha language

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.

Lakha
ལ་ཁ་, la kha
RegionBhutan
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1993)
Sino-Tibetan
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3lkh
Glottologlakh1240
ELPLakha
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