Bhutia

E531153
Sino-Tibetan language language

Bhutia is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Bhutia community in the Himalayan regions of India, especially in Sikkim and parts of West Bengal.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bhutia people 3
Sikkimese 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Lhopo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sikkimese ⓘ
Sikkimese Bhutia NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithScriptOrigin classical Tibetan orthography ⓘ
belongsToMacroLanguageArea Himalayan linguistic area ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dzongkha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Standard Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
ergative alignment in some constructions ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code sip ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 70-AAA-bc ⓘ
hasNativeName Dranjongké NERFINISHED ⓘ
Drenjongke NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts (relative to other Indo-Aryan languages of the region) ⓘ
languageBranch Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSubgroup Tibetic languages ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Classical Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepali NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs regional language in Sikkim ⓘ
region Eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Himalayan region of India ⓘ
script Tibetan script ⓘ
spokenBy Bhutia people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenByEthnicGroup Bhutia community NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInDistrict Darjeeling district NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInState West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
status minority language in India ⓘ
usedFor cultural practices of Bhutia people ⓘ
daily communication in Bhutia community ⓘ
traditional religious practices in Sikkim ⓘ
usedInEducation schools in Sikkim ⓘ
usedInMedia local print publications in Sikkim ⓘ
local radio in Sikkim ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rangat Tehsil → hasOfficialLanguage → Bhutia ⓘ
Indian state of Sikkim → hasEthnicGroup → Bhutia ⓘ
subject surface form: Sikkim
Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Bhutia ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Bhutia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhutia people
Yuksom → dominantEthnicGroups → Bhutia ⓘ
Yuksom → languageSpoken → Bhutia ⓘ
Sikkim → hasEthnicGroup → Bhutia ⓘ
Monpa → culturallyRelatedTo → Bhutia ⓘ
Sherpa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Bhutia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhutia people
Himalayan region → inhabitedBy → Bhutia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhutia people
Dzong-Ka → closelyRelatedTo → Bhutia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sikkimese