Lepcha

E541000

Lepcha is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the indigenous Lepcha people of the eastern Himalayas, particularly in and around Sikkim.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lepcha canonical 26
Lepcha people 12
Kalimpong Lepcha 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman language
language
associatedWithReligion Buddhism
indigenous Lepcha beliefs
closelyRelatedTo other Tibeto-Burman languages
country Bhutan
India
Nepal
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Rong
linked to: Róng

Rongke
Rongkup
Rongring
hasAutonym Róng
hasDialects Dzongu Lepcha
linked to: Lepcha language

Ilām Lepcha
linked to: Promi Lepcha

Kalimpong Lepcha
linked to: Lepcha
hasEthnicPopulation Lepcha ethnic group
hasGlottocode lepc1244
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature tone distinctions
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639-2Code lep
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
nativeTo Sikkim region
linked to: Sikkim

eastern Himalayas
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
partOf Sino-Tibetan language family
primaryRegion Sikkim
region Eastern Himalayas
South Asia
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
spokenIn Bhutan
India
Nepal
Sikkim
West Bengal
subfamilyOf Tibeto-Burman languages
usedAs vernacular language
usedBy indigenous Lepcha communities
usedIn folklore
oral literature
rituals
traditional songs
writingSystem Lepcha script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sikkim officialLanguage Lepcha
subject linked to: Indian state of Sikkim
Sikkim hasEthnicGroup Lepcha
subject linked to: Indian state of Sikkim
Lepcha language primaryEthnicGroup Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Lepcha language hasDialects Kalimpong Lepcha
linked to: Lepcha
Gangtok officialLanguage Lepcha
Khangchendzonga National Park associatedWith Lepcha community
linked to: Lepcha
Yuksom languageSpoken Lepcha
Sikkim hasOfficialLanguage Lepcha
Sikkim hasEthnicGroup Lepcha
Sikkim Himalaya supportsCulture Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Lepcha spokenBy Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Lepcha hasDialects Kalimpong Lepcha
linked to: Lepcha
Róng alternativeName Lepcha
Róng spokenBy Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Róng ethnicGroup Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Lepcha script usedBy Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Promi Lepcha spokenBy Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Promi Lepcha sharesLexiconWith standard Lepcha
linked to: Lepcha
Gyalshing officialLanguage Lepcha
Jorethang officialLanguage Lepcha
Zemu Chu languageRegion Lepcha
Dzongu region traditionalInhabitants Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Dzongu region indigenousCommunity Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Dzongu region ethnicGroup Lepcha
Dzongu region religiousSignificanceFor Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Dzongu region culturalSignificanceFor Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha
Singtam languageSpoken Lepcha
Rangpo officialLanguage Lepcha
Lachung hasEthnicGroup Lepcha people
linked to: Lepcha