The Brokkat language (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]
| Brokkat | |
|---|---|
| བྲོཀ་ཁ Brok-kha | |
| Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | (300 cited 1993)[1] |
| Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bro |
| Glottolog | brok1249 |
| ELP | Brokkat |
Phonology
editConsonants
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | k | ||
| voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ | |||
| voiced aspirated | bʱ | dʱ | ɖʱ | ɡʱ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||
| voiceless aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ɕʰ | |||||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʑ | |||||
| voiced aspirated | d͡zʱ | d͡ʑʱ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ɕ | h | |||
| voiced | z | ʑ | ɦ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||
Vowels
edit| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| Close | i | yː | u | |
| Close-Mid | e | øː | ə | o |
| Open-Mid | ɛ | œː | ɔ | |
| Open | ä | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Brokkat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Moseley, Christopher (2007). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Curzon language family series. Psychology Press. pp. 314, 324. ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0.
- ^ a b van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
External links
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