The ASJP Database - Wordlist Sikkimese

Wordlist Sikkimese

Compiled by Tessa de Mol-van Valen

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: sikk1242
ISO 639-3: sip

Coordinates WGS84

27°50'N, 88°30'E
27.83, 88.50

number of speakers	25,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: ST > Bodic
Glottolog: Sino Tibetan > Bodic > Bodish > Earlyoldtibetan > Middleoldtibetan > Lateoldtibetan > Southerntibetic > Dzongkhic
Ethnologue: Sino Tibetan > Tibeto Burman > Westerntibeto Burman > Bodish > Centralbodish > Central > Southern

Sources

Mukherjee 2009: Bhotia and its comparison with Tibetan. In Sikkim: Part-I, 26-148. Kolkata, India: Language Division Office of the Registrar General & Cencus Commissioner.