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