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Name: Nyenkha
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Henkha; Lap; Mangsdekha; Nyenkha/Henkha
Spoken in: Bhutan
Number of speakers: 10,000 (Van Driem 1993) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 10000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 10000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: neh
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup: Eastern Tibetan; Khams Tibetan; East Bodish Unit (etib)
Child Dialects: Phobjikha (neh-pho) Chutobikha (neh-chu)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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