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Gongduk | |
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Gongdukpa Ang དགོང་འདུས་ | |
Native to | Bhutan |
Region | Mongar District |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2006)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Tibetan script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | goe |
Glottolog | gong1251 |
ELP | Gongduk |
Gongduk or Gongdu (Tibetan: དགོང་འདུས་, Wylie: Dgong-'dus, it is also known as Gongdubikha[2]) is an endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken by about 1,000 people in a few inaccessible villages located near the Kuri Chhu river in the Gongdue Gewog of Mongar District in eastern Bhutan. The names of the villages are Bala, Dagsa, Damkhar, Pam, Pangthang, and Yangbari (Ethnologue).