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The Sikkimese language also called Sikkimese Tibetan Bhutia Dranjongke (Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་ Wylie: ‘bras-ljongs-skad) Dranjoke Denjongka Denzongpeke and Denzongke belongs to the Southern Tibetic languages. It is spoken by the Bhutia nationality in Sikkim and northeast Nepal. The Sikkimese people refer to their own language as Dranjongke and their homeland as Denzong (Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་ Wylie: ‘bras-ljongs; Valley of Rice).