Brokpa language
Encyclopedia
The Brokpa language is a Southern Tibetan language
spoken by about 5,000 people mainly in Merak
and Sakten Gewog
s in the Sakten Valley of Trashigang District in eastern Bhutan
. Brokpa is spoken by descendants of pastoral yak
herd communities.
One historical Chinese name of Bhutanese, , might be cognate to this language.
Central Tibetan languages
The Central Tibetan languages are the tonal varieties of Tibetan apart from Khams.The composition of the Central Tibetan languages per Bradley , with dialect information from the Tibetan Dialects Project at the University of Bern, is:...
spoken by about 5,000 people mainly in Merak
Merak Gewog
Merag Gewog is a gewog of Trashigang District, Bhutan. Merak and Sakten Gewogs comprise Sakten Dungkhag ....
and Sakten Gewog
Sakten Gewog
Sagteng Gewog , also called Sakteng is a gewog of Trashigang District, Bhutan. Sakten and Merak Gewogs comprise Sakten Dungkhag . Much of the gewog lies within the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary....
s in the Sakten Valley of Trashigang District in eastern Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. Brokpa is spoken by descendants of pastoral yak
Yak
The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...
herd communities.
One historical Chinese name of Bhutanese, , might be cognate to this language.