| Lepcha | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Sikkim, India; parts of Nepal and Bhutan | |
| Total speakers: | 50000 | |
| Language family: | Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lepcha |
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| Writing system: | Lepcha script | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | — | |
| ISO 639-3: | lep | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Lepcha is a language spoken by the Lepcha people in Sikkim in India, and parts of Nepal and Bhutan. The Lepcha script (also known as "róng") is a syllabic script which has a lot of special marks and requires ligatures. Its genealogy is unclear. Early Lepcha manuscripts were written vertically, a sign of Chinese influence. Lepcha is considered to be one of the aboriginal languages of the area in which it is spoken. Total number of speakers numbers near 50,000.
References
- Coulmas, Florian (1996). The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems. Blackwell.
