Lepcha

E541000

Tibeto-Burman language language

Lepcha is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the indigenous Lepcha people of the eastern Himalayas, particularly in and around Sikkim.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tibeto-Burman language ⓘ language ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous Lepcha beliefs ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	other Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
country	Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Rong NERFINISHED ⓘ Rongke NERFINISHED ⓘ Rongkup NERFINISHED ⓘ Rongring NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAutonym	Róng NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialects	Dzongu Lepcha NERFINISHED ⓘ Ilām Lepcha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalimpong Lepcha NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicPopulation	Lepcha ethnic group ⓘ
hasGlottocode	lepc1244 ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone distinctions ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	lep ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo	Sikkim region NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion	Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
spokenBy	Lepcha people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	vernacular language ⓘ
usedBy	indigenous Lepcha communities ⓘ
usedIn	folklore ⓘ oral literature ⓘ rituals ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem	Lepcha script NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Indian state of Sikkim → officialLanguage → Lepcha ⓘ

subject surface form: Sikkim

Indian state of Sikkim → hasEthnicGroup → Lepcha ⓘ

subject surface form: Sikkim

Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Lepcha ⓘ

Lepcha language → primaryEthnicGroup → Lepcha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lepcha people

Lepcha language → hasDialects → Lepcha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalimpong Lepcha

Gangtok → officialLanguage → Lepcha ⓘ

Khangchendzonga National Park → associatedWith → Lepcha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lepcha community

Yuksom → dominantEthnicGroups → Lepcha ⓘ

Yuksom → languageSpoken → Lepcha ⓘ

Sikkim → hasOfficialLanguage → Lepcha ⓘ

Sikkim → hasEthnicGroup → Lepcha ⓘ

Sikkim Himalaya → supportsCulture → Lepcha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lepcha people