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)
Kolmapäev, märts 12, 2025
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.
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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East and Southeast Asia |
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Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Proto-languages | |||||
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. |
West Himalayish (Kanauric) |
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Bodish |
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Tamangic |
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Indigenous languages |
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