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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Bhutan > Brokpake

Brokpake

A language of Bhutan

ISO 639-3sgt

Population  5,000 (2006). 2,000 in Mera area, 3,000 Sagteng area.
Region  Trashigang District, Sakteng Valley east, mainly in Merak and Sakteng villages.
Alternate names   Brokpa, Dakpa, Damilo, Dap, Drokpakay, Jobikha, Mera Sagtengpa, Meragsagstengkha, Mira Sagtengpa, Sagtengpa
Dialects  Related to Tawang Monpa [twm].
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tibetan, Southern
Comments  Called ‘Dakpa’. Agriculturalists: corn, barley, beets; butter producers. Buddhist.