Sikkimese Tibetan language
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See also: Lepcha language
| Sikkimese | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dranjongke | ||
| Spoken in | Bhutan, India | |
| Total speakers | 28,600 (1996). | |
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | sip | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Sikkimese Tibetan language (also known as Dranjongke (Bras-ljongs-skad), Bhutia language, Sikkimese language) is a variety of Southern Tibetan. It is a minority language spoken by the Bhutia community in Northern Sikkim. Its own name is Dranjongke (Wylie: 'bras-ljongs-skad).

