Brokpa language
The Brokpa language (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 5000 people mainly in Mera and Sakteng Gewogs in the Sakteng Valley of Trashigang District in Eastern Bhutan.[3][4] Brokpa is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.[4]
| Brokpa | |
|---|---|
| Brokpake | |
| Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2006)[1] |
| Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sgt |
| Glottolog | brok1248 |
| ELP | Brokpake[2] |
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.[5]
Dondrup (1993:3) lists the following Brokpa villages.
- West Kameng district
- Lubrung
- Dirme
- Sumrang
- Nyokmadung
- Undra [6]
- Sengedrong
- Tawang district
- Lagam
- Mago
- Thingbu
- Lakuthang
- Bhutan
- Sakteng
- Merak
The 1981 census counted 1855 Brokpa people in Arunachal Pradesh.
See also
References
- Brokpa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Brokpake.
- "Brokpake". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2012-09-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- first letter missing in book
- Dondrup, Rinchin 1993. Brokeh language guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Arunachal Pradesh Government.