Naapa language
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Tibetic language spoken in Nepal
Naaba | |
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Naapa | |
Region | Nepal |
Native speakers | 770 (2006)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nao |
Glottolog | naab1241 |
Naapa (Naaba), or Nawa Sherpa, is a Tibetic language of Nepal (and one village in China) closely related to Dzongkha of Bhutan. Speakers live among Lhomi speakers.
References[edit]
- ^ Naaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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East and Southeast Asia |
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Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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West Himalayish (Kanauric) |
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Tamangic |
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