Lepcha language

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Lepcha
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 Lepcha
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: —
ISO 639-3: lep
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Lepcha (ISO/DIS 639-3: lep) is a language spoken by the Lepcha people in Sikkim in India, and parts of Nepal and Bhutan. The Lepcha script (also known as "róng") is a syllabic script which has a lot of special marks and requires ligatures. Its genealogy is unclear. Early Lepcha manuscripts were written vertically, a sign of Chinese influence. Lepcha is considered to be one of the aboriginal languages of the area in which it is spoken. Total number of speakers numbers near 50,000.

Coulmas, Florian. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems. Blackwell, 1996.


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