Lakha language

Lakha
ལ་ཁ་, la kha
RegionBhutan
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1993)
Sino-Tibetan
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3lkh
Glottologlakh1240
ELPLakha

Lakha (Tibetan: ལ་ཁ་, Wylie: la kha "language of the mountain pass", also called "Tshangkha") is a Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa Districts in central Bhutan. Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.