Lhokpu language
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Lhokpu, also Lhobikha or Taba-Damey-Bikha, is one of the autochthonous languages of 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...

 spoken by the Lhop people. It is spoken in southwestern Bhutan along the border of Samtse
Samtse District
Samtse District is one of the 20 dzongkhags comprising Bhutan.-History and culture:...

 and Chukha Districts. Van Driem (2003) leaves it unclassified as a separate branch within the Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman languages
The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non-Chinese members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken thoughout the highlands of southeast Asia, as well as lowland areas in Burma ....

language family.
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