| Lunana | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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]
See also
- Lunana Gewog
- Lunana village
- Languages of Bhutan
References
- ^ Lunana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009).
Layakha (16 (online) ed.).
Dallas, Texas:
SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
{{ cite book}}:|work=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.
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