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The Lunana language, Lunanakha (Dzongkha: ལུང་ནག་ན་ཁ་; Wylie: lung-nag-na-kha) is a Tibetic language spoken in Bhutan (Lunana Gewog, Gasa District) by some 700 people in 1998. Most are yak-herding pastoralists.[2] Lunana is a variety of Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan.[3]

Lunana
ལུང་ནག་ན་ཁ་
Native toBhutan
RegionLunana Gewog, Gasa District

Native speakers

(700 cited 1998)[1]

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

Writing system

Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3luk
Glottologluna1243

See also

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References

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  1. ^ LunanaatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). Layakha (16 (online) ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-26. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • ^ van Driem, George; Tshering, Karma (1998). Dzongkha. Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Vol. 1. Research CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies. p. 1. ISBN 90-5789-002-X. Retrieved 2011-09-27.


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