Chali language

Chali
ཚ་ལི་ཁ, Tsha-li-kha
Native toBhutan
Native speakers
1,500 (2011)
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3tgf
Glottologchal1267
ELPChalikha

Chali (Dzongkha: ཚ་ལི་ཁ་; Wylie: Tsha-li-kha; also called Chalikha, Chalipkha, Tshali, and Tshalingpa) is an East Bodish language spoken by about 1,398 people in Wangmakhar, Gorsum and Tormazhong villages in Mongar District in eastern Bhutan, mainly around Chhali Gewog on east bank of Kuri Chhu River. Chalikha is related to Bumthangkha and Kurtöpkha.