The Bumthang language (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་ཁ་; Wylie: Bum-thang-kha; also called Bhumtam Bumtang(kha) Bumtanp Bumthapkha and Kebumtamp) is an East Bodish language spoken by about 36500 people in Bumthang and surrounding districts in central Bhutan. Van Driem (1993) describes Bumthangkha as the dominant language of central Bhutan.
ISO 639-3 code
kjz
family
Bodish languages, East Bodish languages, Tibeto-Kanauri languages, Tibeto-Burman languages
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