Lhokpu language
| Lhokpu | |
|---|---|
| Region | southwest Bhutan (Samtse, Chukha) |
Native speakers | (2,500 cited 1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lhp |
| Glottolog | lhok1238 |
| ELP | Lhokpu |
 Lhokpu is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Lhokpu, also Lhobikha or Taba-Damey-Bikha, is one of the autochthonous languages of Bhutan spoken by the Lhop people. It is spoken in southwestern Bhutan along the border of Samtse and Chukha Districts. Van Driem (2003) leaves it unclassified as a separate branch within the Sino-Tibetan language family.[2]
Classification
George van Driem (2001:804)
Grollmann & Gerber (2017)[5] consider Lhokpu to have a particularly close relationship with Dhimal and Toto.
Name
Lhokpu is spoken by the Lhop—a Dzongkha term meaning "Southerners"—, who "represent the aboriginal [gdung] Dung population of western Bhutan.[6]
Locations
According to the Ethnologue, Lhokpu is spoken in Damtey, Loto Kuchu, Lotu, Sanglong, Sataka, and Taba villages, located between Samtsi and Phuntsoling, in Samtse District, Bhutan.
Culture
The
See also
- Languages of Bhutan
- Dhimalish comparative vocabulary list (Wiktionary)
References
- ^ Lhokpu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ISBN 978-9004103900.
- ^ van Driem, George. 2001. Languages of the Himalayas. Leiden: Brill
- ^ Gerber, Pascal, Tanja Gerber, Selin Grollmann. 2016. Links between Lhokpu and Kiranti: some observations. Kiranti Workshop. CNRS Université Paris Diderot, 1–2 Dec 2016.
- ^ Grollmann, Selin and Pascal Gerber. 2017. Linguistic evidence for a closer relationship between Lhokpu and Dhimal: Including some remarks on the Dhimalish subgroup. Bern: University of Bern.
- ISBN 978-9057890024.
- ^ Gwendolyn Hyslop. 2016. Worlds of knowledge in Central Bhutan: Documentation of 'Olekha. Language Documentation & Conservation 10. 77–106.
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