Lepcha

Facts

  • Language: Lepcha
  • Alternate names: Lapche, Lapcha, Rong, Rongke, Rongpa, Nünpa, Leptśa, Róng, Rongpa, Lepoha, Nümpa
  • Language code: lep
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Lepcha (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: A few thousand
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Lepcha (Róng) script. Tibetan script.

More information:

    A Scheduled Tribe. Lepcha is both language and name of people. Buddhist, Christian, Hindu.

    Lepcha is spoken in India, Nepal, Bhutan, South Asia.