Brokkat language
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The Brokkat language is an endangered Southern Tibetan language
spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur
in Bumthang Valley of Bumthang District
in central Bhutan
. Brokkat is spoken by descendants of pastoral yak
herd communities.
Central Tibetan languages
The Central Tibetan languages are the tonal varieties of Tibetan apart from Khams.The composition of the Central Tibetan languages per Bradley , with dialect information from the Tibetan Dialects Project at the University of Bern, is:...
spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur
Dhur
Dhur is a town in western Chhoekhor Gewog, Bumthang District in central Bhutan.Dhur is the main area where Brokkat, one of the endangered languages of Bhutan, is spoken.-External links:*...
in Bumthang Valley of Bumthang District
Bumthang District
Bumthang District is one of the 20 dzongkhag comprising Bhutan. It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred sites is counted...
in central Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. Brokkat is spoken by descendants of pastoral yak
Yak
The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...
herd communities.