Naapa language
Tibetic language spoken in Nepal
| Naaba | |
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| Naapa | |
| Region | Nepal |
Native speakers | 770 (2006)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| ISO 639-3 | nao |
| Glottolog | naab1241 |
Naapa (Naaba), or Nawa Sherpa, is a Tibetic language of Nepal (and one village in China) closely related to Dzongkha of Bhutan. Speakers live among Lhomi speakers.
References
- ^ Naaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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Sino-Tibetan branches
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
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(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
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(Arunachal)
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