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Name:
Yakha
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Yakkha; Yakkhaba; Yakkhaba Cea; Yakkhaba Sala; Dewansala; Yākhā; Yakthomba; Rōi
Spoken in:
Nepal, India
Number of speakers:
14,600 in Nepal (2001 census). Population total all countries: 15,410. Ethnic population: 17,003
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
14648
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
15648
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
ybh
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Eastern; Bontawa Unit; Eastern Kiranti (ekir)
Child Dialects:
Southern Yakha (ybh-sou)
Northern Yakha (ybh-nor)
Eastern Yakha (ybh-eas)
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Map of Yakha
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