Bhutia language
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bhutia-language-186-8579687
title:
Bhutia language
text:
Sikkimese(Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་, Wylie: 'bras ljongs skad, THL: dren jong ké, "rice valley language") is a language of the Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by the Bhutia people in Sikkim, India, and in parts of Koshi, Nepal. It is one of the official languages of Sikkim. The Bhutia refer to their own language as Drendzongké and their homeland as Drendzong. Up until 1975, Bhutia was not a written language. After gaining Indian statehood, the language was introduced as a school subject in Sikkim
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Tibetic language of Nepal and Sikkim, India
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutia_language
date created:
2005-12-22T19:36:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T07:54:49Z
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