Brokkat language

The Brokkat language (Dzongkha: བྲོཀ་ཁ་; Wylie: Brok-kha; also called "Brokskad" and "Jokay") is an endangered Southern Tibetic 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 yakherd communities.

Brokkat
བྲོཀ་ཁ
Brok-kha
RegionBhutan
Native speakers
(300 cited 1993)
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Kanauri ?
    • Bodish
      • Tibetic
        • Dzongkha–Lhokä
          • Brokkat
Writing system
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3bro
Glottologbrok1249
ELPBrokkat
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