Nupbi language

Nupbikha
Spoken in	Bhutan
Native speakers	2,200  (2006)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tibeto-Kanauri Bodish East Bodish Nupbikha
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	npb

Nupbikha is an East Bodish language spoken by about 2,200 people in central Bhutan.^[1]

Historically, Nupbikha and its speakers have had close contact with speakers of Bumthangkha, Kurtöpkha, and Khengkha, nearby languages of central and eastern Bhutan, to the extent that they may be considered part of a wider collection of "Bumthang languages." Nyenkha, also related to the Bumthang languages, is more divergent while 'Olekha is only distantly related.^[2][3][4]

See also

• Languages of Bhutan

References

1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed (2009). Nupbikha (16 (online) ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=npb. Retrieved 2011-09-26. 
2. ^ Schicklgruber, Christian (1998). Françoise Pommaret-Imaeda. ed. Bhutan: Mountain Fortress of the Gods. Shambhala. pp. 50, 53. http://books.google.com/books?id=8Q1uAAAAMAAJ. 
3. ^ van Driem, George (2007). "Endangered Languages of Bhutan and Sikkim: East Bodish Languages". In Moseley, Christopher. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. p. 295. ISBN 070071197X. http://books.google.com/books?id=6LoNl7ZRO70C. 
4. ^ van Driem, George (2007). Matthias Brenzinger. ed. Language diversity endangered. Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs, Mouton Reader. 181. Walter de Gruyter. p. 312. ISBN 3110170507. http://books.google.com/books?id=6p6b5GQ4Q4YC.