Chali language

Chali
Spoken in	Bhutan
Native speakers	8,200  (2006)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tibeto-Kanauri Bodish East Bodish Chali
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tgf

The Chali language (Dzongkha: ཚ་ལི་ཁ་; Wylie: Tsha-li-kha; also called "Chalikha," "Chalipkha," "Tshali," and "Tshalingpa") is an East Bodish language spoken by about 8,200 people in Wangmakhar, Gorsum and Tormazhong villages in Mongar District in eastern Bhutan, mainly around Chhali Gewog on east bank of Kuri Chhu River.^[1][2] Chalikha is related to Bumthangkha and Kurtöpkha.^[1]

See also

• Languages of Bhutan

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chalikha". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dka. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
2. ^ van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 

External links

• Himalayan Languages Project