Brokkat language

Brokkat
བྲོཀ་ཁ
Brok-kha
RegionBhutan
Native speakers
(300 cited 1993)
Sino-Tibetan
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3bro
Glottologbrok1249
ELPBrokkat
Brokkat is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Brokkat (Dzongkha: བྲོཀ་ཁ་; Wylie: Brok-kha; also called "Brokskad" and "Jokay") is an endangered Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur in Bumthang Valley of Bumthang District in central Bhutan. Brokkat is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.