Chali language

Chali
	ཚ་ལི་ཁ, Tsha-li-kha
Region	Bhutan
Native speakers	1,500 (2011)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Tibeto-Kanauri Bodish East Bodish Chali; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tgf
Glottolog	chal1267[2]

The Chali language (Dzongkha: ཚ་ལི་ཁ་; Wylie: Tsha-li-kha; also called "Chalikha," "Chalipkha," "Tshali," and "Tshalingpa") is an East Bodish language spoken by about 8,200 people in Wangmakhar, Gorsum and Tormazhong villages in Mongar District in eastern Bhutan, mainly around Chhali Gewog on east bank of Kuri Chhu River.[3][4] Chalikha is related to Bumthangkha and Kurtöpkha.[3]

References

Chali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Chalikha". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
"Chalikha". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan". London: SOAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

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