Chochangachakha language

Chocha Ngacha
Tsamang
RegionBhutan
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1993)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Tibetan alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3cgk
Glottologchoc1275
ELPChocangacakha

The Chocha Ngacha language or Chochangachakha (Dzongkha: ཁྱོད་ཅ་ང་ཅ་ཁ་ Wylie: Khyod ca nga ca kha "'You' and 'I' language";[2] also called "Kursmad-kha", "Maphekha", "rTsamangpa'i kha", and "Tsagkaglingpa'i kha") or Tsamang is a Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 20,000 people in the Kurichu Valley of Lhuntse and Mongar Districts in eastern Bhutan.[1][3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Driem, George van (1998). Dzongkha = rdoṅ-kha. Leiden: Research School, CNWS. p. 13. ISBN 978-9057890024.
  3. ^ "Chocangacakha". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.