Brokkat language

Brokkat (Dzongkha: བྲོཀ་ཁ་; Wylie: Brok-kha; also called "Brokskad" and "Jokay") is an endangered^[2] Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur in Bumthang Valley of Bumthang District in central Bhutan.^[3][1] Brokkat is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.^[3]

Not to be confused with Brokskat language.

Brokkat
བྲོཀ་ཁ Brok-kha
Region	Bhutan
Native speakers	(300 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Dzongkha–Lhokä Brokkat
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bro
Glottolog	brok1249
ELP	Brokkat
Brokkat is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology

Vowels^{[citation needed]}

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e̞		o̞
Open		ä

Consonants^{[citation needed]}

			Bilabial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive		voiceless	p	t	ʈ		k
		voiced	b	d	ɖ		ɡ
Affricate		voiceless		t͡s		t͡ɕ
		voiced		d͡z		d͡ʑ
Fricative	central	voiceless		s	ʂ	ɕ		χ	h
		voiced		z	ʐ	ʑ		ʁ
	lateral	voiceless		ɬ
		voiced		ɮ
Approximant			w			j
Nasal			m	n		ɲ	ŋ

See also

• Languages of Bhutan