Tshangla language

Tshangla
Tshangla
Native to	Bhutan, India, Tibet
Ethnicity	Sharchops, Monpa, Pemako Tibetans
Native speakers	(170,000 cited 1999–2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman? Tibeto-Kanauri? Kalaktang Monpa–Tshangla Tshangla; ; ; ;
Dialects	Bhutan Tshangla (Trashigang); West Kameng Tshangla dialect (kalaktang, dirang West Kameng, India); Pemako Tshangla dialect (Tibet);
Writing system	none official; Tibetan used
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; tsj – Tshangla; kkf – Kalaktang Monpa (?)
Glottolog	tsha1247
	Tshangla is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tshangla is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Bodish branch closely related to the Tibetic languages. Tshangla is primarily spoken in Eastern Bhutan and acts as a lingua franca in the region; it is also spoken in the adjoining Tawang tract in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Pemako region of Tibet. Tshangla is the principal pre-Tibetan language of Bhutan.