Lepcha
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Tibeto-Burman language of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan
Key facts
- Region
- Sikkim , India ; parts of Nepal and Bhutan
- Native speakers
- 66,500 (2011-2013)
- Language family
- Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lepcha
- Writing system
- Lepcha script , Tibetan script
- Official language in
- India Sikkim
- Iso 639 3
- lep
- Glottolog
- lepc1244
- Elp
- Lepcha
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Himalayish
- Country
- Nepal
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- writing system
- Lepcha
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 66500
- Commons category
- Lepcha language
- topic's main category
- Category:Lepcha language
- indigenous to
- Koshi Province
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lepcha, also called Róng (Lepcha: ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵᰶ; Róng ríng), is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lepcha people in Sikkim, India and parts of West Bengal, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lepcha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.