Brokpa language

Brokpa
Brokpa
Brokpa kay
Region	Bhutan
Native speakers	5,000 (2006)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Dzongkha–Lhokä Brokpa; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sgt
Glottolog	brok1248
ELP	Brokpake

The Brokpa language (Brokpa kay) (Dzongkha: དྲོག་པ་ཁ།, དྲོགཔ་ཁ།, Dr˚okpakha, Dr˚opkha), also called the Merak-Sakteng language after its speakers' home regions, is a Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 5,000 people mainly in Mera and Sakteng Gewogs in the Sakteng Valley of Trashigang District in Eastern Bhutan.^[2]^[3] Brokpa is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.^[3]

The word brokpa has two parts. 'brok' and 'pa'. In Tibetic 'Brok' means pastoral land and 'pa' is a demonym, so the word 'Brokpa' refers to the language spoken by the people living on the mountains. Roger Blench has also recently named a language complex called Senge spoken in three villages northwest of Dirang in West Kameng district.^[4]

Dondrup (1993:3) lists the following Brokpa villages.

West Kameng district
- Lubrung
- Dirme
- Sumrang
- Nyokmadung
- Undra ^[5]
- Sengedrong
Tawang district
- Lagam
- Mago
- Thingbu
- Lakuthang
Bhutan
- Sakteng
- Merak

The 1981 census counted 1,855 Brokpa people in Arunachal Pradesh.^[6]

References[edit]

^ Brokpa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Brokpake". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
^ ^a ^b van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
^ "Senge Cluster Language and Anthropology". rogerblench.info. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
^ first letter missing in book
^ Dondrup, Rinchin 1993. Brokeh language guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Arunachal Pradesh Government.

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[e18-1] Brokpa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[SIL1-2] "Brokpake". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

[vanDriem93-3] van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

[4] "Senge Cluster Language and Anthropology". rogerblench.info. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2012-09-20.

[5] rst letter missing in book

[6] Dondrup, Rinchin 1993. Brokeh language guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Arunachal Pradesh Government.

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