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Bumthang language

The Bumthang language (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་ཁ་; Wylie: Bum-thang-kha; also called "Bhumtam," "Bumtang(kha)," "Bumtanp," "Bumthapkha," and "Kebumtamp") is an East Bodish language spoken by about 36,500 people in Bumthang and surrounding districts in central Bhutan.


George van Driem

George van Driem has also written grammars of Limbu and Dumi, two Kiranti languages spoken in eastern Nepal, and the Bumthang language of central Bhutan.


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