Endangered Languages Project - Dakpa

Dakpa

^{[aka Dakpakha]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Dakpakha
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Bodish
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dka
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Preliminary notes on Dakpa (Tawang Monpa)” (3-21) . Hyslop, Gwendolyn and Karma Tshering (2010) , Stephen Morey and Mark W. Post · Cambridge University Press

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Approximately 1,000 speakers in Bhutan, and approximately 30,000 speakers in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. There are reports that Dakpa is also spoken in China, where it is referred to as Dwags or Takpa.

PLACES: Bhutan

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Van Driem (1993).

PLACES: Bhutan; India

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing