Lunanakha

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A language of Bhutan

ISO 639-3
luk
Population

700 (1998).

Location

Gasa District, north, northeast quadrant, Lunana, on Pho Chhu river north from Punakha, right fork halfway up the valley.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Central, Southern
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Dzongkha [dzo], but many divergent grammatical features limit intelligibility between them.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lunanakha
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Take herds over to Gasa District, north from Punakha up the Mo Chhu River.