Naapa language

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Naaba
Naapa
Region Nepal
Native speakers
770 (2006) [1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
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.

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References

  1. Naaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)