Bumthang language

Bumthang
Native toBhutan
Native speakers
20,000 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kjz
Glottologbumt1240
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]

  1. ^ Bumthang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Bumthangkha". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  3. ^ a b van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.