The Lunana language, Lunanakha (Dzongkha: ལུང་ནག་ན་ཁ་; Wylie: lung-nag-na-kha) is a Tibetic language spoken in Bhutan (Lunana Gewog, Gasa District) by some 700 people in 1998. Most are yak-herding pastoralists.[2] Lunana is a variety of Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan.[3]
Lunana | |
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ལུང་ནག་ན་ཁ་ | |
Native to | Bhutan |
Region | Lunana Gewog, Gasa District |
Native speakers | (700 cited 1998)[1] |
Tibetan | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | luk |
Glottolog | luna1243 |
See also
edit- Lunana Gewog
- Lunana village
- Languages of Bhutan
References
edit- ^ Lunana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). Layakha (16 (online) ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
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ignored (help) - ^ van Driem, George; Tshering, Karma (1998). Dzongkha. Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Vol. 1. Research CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies. p. 1. ISBN 90-5789-002-X. Retrieved 2011-09-27.