Kurtokha
[también conocido como Gurtü, Kurtopakha, Kürthöpka]Clasificación: Sino-Tibetan
·susceptible de extinción
- ACTITUD DEL HABLANTE
- positive (Native speakers are engaged in the Kurtöp Documentation Project)
- OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD
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Dzongkha; English; Chocangaca
- COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA
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.
- Alfabetos, sistemas de escritura y ortografías
- roman scripts; 'Ucen scripts
- Ortografía
Both roman scripts and 'Ucen scripts were developed though only roman scripts are in use practically.
- LUGARES
- Northeastern Bhutan
- DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
"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)