Kheng language

Khengkha
Spoken in	Bhutan
Native speakers	40,000 (1993)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tibeto-Kanauri Bodish East Bodish Khengkha; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xkf

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Khengkha, also called the Kheng language, is a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family spoken in the Zhemgang, Trongsa and Mongar districts of south central Bhutan. There are about 40,000 speakers of Khengkha.^[1]

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Historically, Khengkha and its speakers have had close contact with speakers of Kurtöpkha, Nupbikha and Bumthangkha, nearby languages of central and eastern Bhutan, to the extent that they may be considered part of a wider collection of "Bumthang languages."^[2]^[3]^[4]

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^ van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
^ Schicklgruber, Christian (1998). Françoise Pommaret-Imaeda. ed. Bhutan: Mountain Fortress of the Gods. Shambhala. pp. 50, 53. http://books.google.com/books?id=8Q1uAAAAMAAJ.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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Yangdzom, Deki; Arkesteijn, Marten (n.d.). Khengkha Lessonbook: Khengkha-English / English-Khengkha Wordlist. Thimphu: SNV, Bhutan.
van Driem, George (2001). Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region: Containing an Introduction to the Symbiotic Theory of Language. Brill. pp. 1412. ISBN 9004120629.
van Driem, George (2007). "Endangerd Languages of Bhutan and Sikkim: East Bodish Languages". In Moseley, Christopher. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. pp. 295, 331. ISBN 070071197X.

Namgyel, Singye. The Language Web of Bhutan. Thimphu: KMT.

van Driem, George L; Karma Tshering of Gaselô (collab) (1998). Dzongkha. Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Leiden: Research School CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies. ISBN 905789002X.

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[0] van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

[1] Schicklgruber, Christian (1998). Françoise Pommaret-Imaeda. ed. Bhutan: Mountain Fortress of the Gods. Shambhala. pp. 50, 53. http://books.google.com/books?id=8Q1uAAAAMAAJ.

[EEL-2] 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.

[vanDriem2007-3] 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.

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