Chali language

For the Chali (Tri) dialect of Laos, see Bru language.

Chali (Dzongkha: ཚ་ལི་ཁ་; Wylie: Tsha-li-kha; also called Chalikha, Chalipkha, Tshali, and Tshalingpa) is an East Bodish language spoken by about 1,398 people in Wangmakhar, Gorsum and Tormazhong villages in Mongar District in eastern Bhutan, mainly around Chhali Gewog on east bank of Kuri Chhu River.^[2][3][4] Chalikha is related to Bumthangkha and Kurtöpkha.^[2]

Chali
ཚ་ལི་ཁ, Tsha-li-kha
Native to	Bhutan
Native speakers	1,500 (2011)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri (?) Bodish East Bodish Chali
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tgf
Glottolog	chal1267
ELP	Chalikha

See also

• Languages of Bhutan