Sikkimese
A language of India
| Population | 70,300 (2001). |
| Region | Sikkim, all districts; West Bengal, Darjeeling. Possibly in Tibet. |
| Alternate names | Dandzongka, Danjongka, Danyouka, Denjong, Denjongkha, Denjongpa, Denjonka, Denjonke, Lachengpa, Lachungpa, Sikami, Sikkim Bhotia, Sikkim Bhutia |
| Dialects | Partially intelligible with Dzongkha [dzo] of Bhutan. Lexical similarity: 65% with Dzongkha of Bhutan, 42% with Tibetan [bod]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tibetan, Southern |
| Language use | Vigorous. Positive attitude. Also use Nepali [nep], some also use Tibetan [bod]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 68% for Bhutia in Sikkim. |
| Writing system | Tibetan script, Bodhi style. Tibetan script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists; pastoralists. Buddhist. |
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