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Bumthang | |
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Native to | Bhutan |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2011)[1] |
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]