Layakha

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A language of Bhutan

ISO 639-3
lya
User Population

1,100 (2003).

Location

Gasa district; Punakha district: Laya area; Thimphu district: Lingzhi Gewog.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Central, Southern
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Dzongkha [dzo], but many divergent grammatical features significantly limit mutual intelligibility. Spoken by Layabs, alpine yakherds in northern Bhutan, and Lingzhibs in Western Bhutan.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Layakha
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].