ISO 639-3 · leplep
Sino-Tibetan family
Lepcha
Lepcha is a language of the Himalayish branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in Bhutan, India and Nepal. Wikidata counts about 66,500 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “Tibeto-Burman language of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lep- Glottocode
lepc1244- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 37 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lepcha |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lepcha language, Lepcha, Róng, Róngring, Lepcha Róng |
| All speakers | 66,500 (2011) |
| Written in | Lepcha |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Lepcha
The branches above Lepcha, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Bhutan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalnepNepaliIndo-European · 24.1 m1 · NationalsatSantaliAustroasiatic · 7.2 m4 · EducationalsckNagpuriIndo-European · 7 m3 · Wider CommunicationnewNewarSino-Tibetan · 1 m4 · EducationaldzoDzongkhaSouthern Tibetic · 237,0801 · NationaltsjTshanglaBodish · 175,0004 · EducationalxkzKurtöpBodish · 15,0006b · ThreatenedgoeGongdukSino-Tibetan · 1,000VulnerablekjzBumthangSino-Tibetan6b · Threatened