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Sikkimese (Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་, Wylie: 'bras ljongs skad, THL: dren jong ké, Tibetan pronunciation: [ɖɛ̀n dʑòŋ ké]; "rice valley language") [2] is a language of the Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by the Bhutia people in Sikkim in northeast India, parts of Koshi province in eastern Nepal, and Bhutan.
The language spoken by the Bhutias of Sikkim is Drejongke, a Tibetic language which has a lexical similarity of 65% with Dzongkha, the language of Bhutan. By comparison, Drejongke is only 42% lexically similar with Standard Tibetan. Sikkimese has also been influenced to some degree by the neighboring Yolmo and Tamang languages.
The official languages of the state are Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha and English. Additional official languages include Gurung, Limbu, Magar, Sunuwar, Newar, Rai, Sherpa and Tamang for the purpose of preservation of culture and tradition in the state. Nepali is the lingua franca of Sikkim, while Sikkimese (Bhutia) and Lepcha are spoken in certain ...
Pages in category "Languages of Sikkim" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bhutia language; G.
Nepali is the most widely spoken language in Sikkim as well as Gangtok. [61] English and Hindi being the official language of Sikkim and India respectively, are also widely spoken and understood in most of Sikkim, particularly in Gangtok. [62] [63] Other languages spoken in Gangtok include Bhutia , Tibetan and Lepcha.
Sikkim (/ ˈ s ɪ k ɪ m / SIK-im; Nepali:) is a state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siliguri Corridor, which borders Bangladesh.
Newar is an additional official language in Sikkim for the purpose of preservation of culture and tradition in the state. [62] The official weekly publication Sikkim Herald has a Newar Edition. [63] The Information & Public Relations Department also broadcasts news bulletin in Newar. [64]
Sikkimese language, one of the Southern Tibetic languages Sikkimese people , the Indian peoples who inhabit the Indian state of Sikkim Native Sikkimese , the indigenous peoples of Sikkim