ISO 639-3 · ybhybh
Sino-Tibetan family
Yakkha
Yakkha is a language of the Kiranti branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in India and Nepal. Wikidata describes it as “Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal and India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ybh- Glottocode
yakk1236- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Yakkha |
|---|---|
| Also called | Yakha, Yakkha language |
| Written in | Devanagari |
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: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Yakkha
The branches above Yakkha, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in India
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmarMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · ProvincialbhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · Educational