Bumthang language

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Bumthang
Native to	Bhutan
Native speakers	20,000 (2011)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri (?) Bodish East Bodish Bumthang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kjz
Glottolog	bumt1240
Linguistic map of Bhutan, showing the location where Bumthang is spoken

The Bumthang language (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་ཁ་, Wylie: bum thang kha); also called "Bhumtam", "Bumtang(kha)", "Bumtanp", "Bumthapkha", and "Kebumtamp") is an East Bodish language spoken by about 20,000 people in Bumthang and surrounding districts of Bhutan.^[2][3] Van Driem (1993) describes Bumthang as the dominant language of central Bhutan.^[3]