Tukpa language
| Tukpa | |
|---|---|
| Nesang | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh |
Native speakers | 610 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tpq |
| Glottolog | tukp1239 |
Tukpa, also known as Nesang, is a Tibetic language spoken in the Lahaul and Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India. It forms a closely knit group with other Lahuli–Spiti languages, and is fairly close to Standard Tibetan.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Tukpa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Nicolas Tournadre. 2014. The Tibetic languages and their classification. In Nathan W. Hill and Thomas Owen-Smith (eds.), Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area, 105–129. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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