Khengkha

Facts

  • Language: Khengkha
  • Alternate names: Khenkha, Khen, Keng, Ken, Kyengkha, Kenkha
  • Language code: xkf
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, East Bodish, Bumthang (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~40,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Tibetan script, Uchen style, unofficial usage.

More information:

    Middle Kheng region strongest and most developed economically; Lower Kheng least developed. Buddhist.

    Khengkha is spoken in Bhutan, South Asia.