Nubri

Facts

  • Language: Nubri
  • Alternate names: Kutang Bhotia, Larkye
  • Language code: kte
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Central, gTsang (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 2,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Unwritten.

More information:

    Nubri marry within their community and from the Kutang community. People trade in Gorkha District and also with Tibet. Ethnonym: Bhotia or Bhote, refers to people of Tibetan origin; in some contexts derogatory. Ethnic identity is closely affiliated between the Nubri and the Kuke (See: [[Kuke]]). Buddhist (Lamaist).

    Nubri is spoken in Nepal, South Asia.