Sikkimese language
Tibetic language of Nepal and Sikkim, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sikkimese language, also called Sikkimese, Bhutia, or Drenjongké (Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་, Wylie: 'bras ljongs skad, THL: dren jong ké, "Rice Valley language"),[2] Dranjoke, Denjongka, Denzongpeke and Denzongke, belongs to the Tibeto-Burman languages. It is spoken by the Bhutia in Sikkim, India and in parts of Koshi, Nepal. It is the Official Language of Sikkim, India. The Sikkimese people refer to their own language as Drendzongké and their homeland as Drendzong (Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་, Wylie: 'bras-ljongs, "Rice Valley").[3] Up until 1975 Sikkimese was not a written language. After gaining Indian Statehood the language was introduced as a school subject in Sikkim and the written language was developed.[4]
Sikkimese | |
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Drenjongke | |
འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་ bras ljongs skad | |
Region | Sikkim, Nepal (Koshi Province), and Bhutan |
Ethnicity | Sikkimese |
Native speakers | 70,000 (2022)[1] |
Tibetan script | |
Official status | |
Official language in | India |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sip |
Glottolog | sikk1242 |
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