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Name: Khengkha

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Khenkha; Khen; Keng; Ken; Kyengkha; Kenkha

Spoken in: Bhutan

Number of speakers: 50,000 (2003 SIL). 60% monolinguals (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 40000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 40000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: xkf

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Sino-Tibetan

Parent Subgroup: Eastern Tibetan; Khams Tibetan; East Bodish Unit (etib)

Child Dialects: Upper Kheng (xkf-upp) Lower Kheng (xkf-low) Middle Kheng (xkf-mid)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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