Kurtöp language

Kurtöp
Kurtöpkha, Zhâke
Native toBhutan
Native speakers
15,000 (2011)
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3xkz
Glottologkurt1248
ELPKurtokha

The Kurtöp language (Dzongkha: ཀུར་ཏོ་པ་ཁ་; Wylie: Kur-to-pa kha; Kurtöpkha, also called Kurtö and Zhâke) is an East Bodish language spoken in Kurtoe Gewog, Lhuntse District, Bhutan. In 1993, there were about 10,000 speakers of Kurtöp.