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ALSO KNOWN AS		Gurtü, Kurtopakha, Kürthöpka, Kurteopkha, Kurthopkha, Kurtöp, Kurtöbikha, Zhâke, Kurtöpkha, Au Gemale
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Bodish
ORTHOGRAPHY		roman scripts; 'Ucen scripts
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		xkz
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Information from: “A Grammar of Kurtöp” . Gwendolyn Hyslop (2011)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: positive (Native speakers are engaged in the Kurtöp Documentation Project)
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Dzongkha, the national language, is the language that is taught in school (along with English) and has a written tradition in Bhutan. The Kurtöp/English/Dzongkha dictionary is on the way. Educated speakers of Kurtöp are also fluent in Dzongkha and English whereas uneducated speakers are able to speak Dzongkha or Chocangaca.
Scripts (Writing system): roman scripts; 'Ucen scripts
More on Orthography: Both roman scripts and 'Ucen scripts were developed though only roman scripts are in use practically.

PLACES: Northeastern Bhutan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Kurtöp is spoken in Lhüntse. In addition to Tangmachu (where Chocangaca is also spoken), Kurtöp is spoken between the village of Gorgan, south of Lhüntse, and up until Naling, near the border with Tibet." (p. 92)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Bhutan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Lhuntsi

	2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	283-348	Christopher Moseley	London & New York: Routledge				George van Driem	George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	~10,000	10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Bhutan	Lhuntsi
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub											27.7127,90.9667
	2011	A Grammar of Kurtöp						University of Oregon		Gwendolyn Hyslop	Gwendolyn Hyslop. A Grammar of Kurtöp. PhD Dissertation. University of Oregon.		15,000	10000-99999	Dzongkha and English in official domains and education	Dzongkha; English; Chocangaca	positive (Native speakers are engaged in the Kurtöp Documentation Project)	Dzongkha, the national language, is the language that is taught in school (along with English) and has a written tradition in Bhutan. The Kurtöp/English/Dzongkha dictionary is on the way. Educated speakers of Kurtöp are also fluent in Dzongkha and English whereas uneducated speakers are able to speak Dzongkha or Chocangaca.	all (no monolingual speakers were found)	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Northeastern Bhutan	"Kurtöp is spoken in Lhüntse. In addition to Tangmachu (where Chocangaca is also spoken), Kurtöp is spoken between the village of Gorgan, south of Lhüntse, and up until Naling, near the border with Tibet." (p. 92)	27.664, 91.176

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15,000

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