Kurtokha
[également appelé Gurtü, Kurtopakha, Kürthöpka]Classification : Sino-Tibetan
·vulnérable
- ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS
- positive (Native speakers are engaged in the Kurtöp Documentation Project)
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Dzongkha; English; Chocangaca
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
Dzongkha, the national language, is the language that is taught in school (along with English) and has a written tradition in Bhutan. The Kurtöp/English/Dzongkha dictionary is on the way. Educated speakers of Kurtöp are also fluent in Dzongkha and English whereas uneducated speakers are able to speak Dzongkha or Chocangaca.
- Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes
- roman scripts; 'Ucen scripts
- Orthographe
Both roman scripts and 'Ucen scripts were developed though only roman scripts are in use practically.
- PLACES
- Northeastern Bhutan
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Kurtöp is spoken in Lhüntse. In addition to Tangmachu (where Chocangaca is also spoken), Kurtöp is spoken between the village of Gorgan, south of Lhüntse, and up until Naling, near the border with Tibet." (p. 92)