Brokkat language

The Brokkat language (Dzongkha: བྲོཀ་ཁ་; Wylie: Brok-kha; also called "Brokskad" and "Jokay") is an endangered[3] Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur in Bumthang Valley of Bumthang District in central Bhutan.[4][1] Brokkat is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.[4]

Not to be confused with Brokskat language.
Brokkat
RegionBhutan
Native speakers
(300 cited 1993)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Tibetan script, Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3bro
Glottologbrok1249
ELPBrokkat[2]

See also

References
  1. Brokkat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Brokkat.
  3. Moseley, Christopher (2007). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Curzon language family series. Psychology Press. pp. 314, 324. ISBN 0-7007-1197-X.
  4. van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.


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