Layakha

LYA

vigorous

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Dzongkha ,, but many divergent grammatical features significantly limit mutual intelligibility. Spoken by Layabs, alpine yakherds in northern Bhutan, and Lingzhibs in Western Bhutan.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Western Tibeto-Burman
Bodish
Central Bodish
Central
Southern

Demographics: 1,100 (2003).

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Bhutan