Layakha

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Layakha is a Tibetan dialect spoken by indigenous Layaps inhabiting the high mountains of northwest Bhutan in the village of Laya, Gasa District. Speakers also inhabit the northern regions of Thimphu and Punakha Districts. Its speakers are ethnically related to Tibetans. Most speakers live at an altitude of 3,850 metres, just below the Tsendagang peak. Layakha speakers are also called Bjop by the Bhutanese, sometimes considered a condescending term. Their population in 2003 stood at 1,100. Layakha is a dialect of Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan. Dzongkha speakers enjoy a limited mutual intelligibility, mostly in basic vocabulary and grammar.
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Names (more)

[br] Layakeg
[en] Laya language

Language type : Living

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Following BCP 47 the recommended tag for this language is lya.

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ISO 639 Codes

ISO 639-3 : lya

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