Pangkhu language
| Pangkhua | |
|---|---|
| Pangkhu | |
| Native to | Bangladesh, India |
| Region | Bilaichari, Jorachari, Barkal, & Baghaichari districts, and parts of Rangamati district |
Native speakers |
3,200 in Bangladesh (2012)[1] unknown number in India[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
pkh |
| Glottolog |
pank1249[2] |
Pangkhua (Pangkhu), or Paang, is a Kukish language primarily spoken in Bangladesh. Most speakers of Pangkhu are bilingual in Bengali, and most education in Pangkhu is conducted in that language.
Dialects
The dialects of the two main communities that use Pangkhu, Bilaichari and Konglak, share 88% of their basic vocabulary.
References
- 1 2 Pangkhua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Pankhu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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