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Name:
Lepcha
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Lapche; Lapcha; Rong; Rongke; Rongpa; Nünpa; Leptśa; Róng; Rongpa; Lepoha; Nümpa; Leptśa; Sikkim
Spoken in:
Nepal, India, Bhutan
Number of speakers:
48,000 in India (2007). Population total all countries: 52,830
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
30000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
75826
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
lep
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Lepcha; Rong (lepc)
Child Dialects:
Tamsangmu (lep-tam)
Ilammu (lep-ila)
Rengjongmu (lep-ren)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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