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Also known as Lepcha language, Róng, Róngring, Lepcha Róng

Tibeto-Burman language of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan

Key facts

Region
Sikkim , India ; parts of Nepal and Bhutan
Native speakers
66,500 (2011-2013)
Language family
Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lepcha
Writing system
Lepcha script , Tibetan script
Official language in
India Sikkim
Iso 639 3
lep
Glottolog
lepc1244
Elp
Lepcha

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Encyclopedic overview

Lepcha, also called Róng (Lepcha: ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵᰶ‎; Róng ríng), is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lepcha people in Sikkim, India and parts of West Bengal, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Population

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lepcha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.