Brokkat language
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Tibetic language spoken in Bhutan
Not to be confused with Brokskat language.
| 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 |
| Brokkat is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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]
Phonology
[edit ]Vowels
[edit ]| Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ |
| Open | ä |
Consonants
[edit ]See also
[edit ]References
[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年11月01日. Retrieved 2011年01月18日.
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