Lakha language

Lakha
Region	Bhutan
Native speakers	8,000 (1993)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Dzongkha–Lhokä Lakha
Writing system	Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	`lakh1240`

Lakha (Tibetan: ལ་ཁ་, Wylie: la kha "language of the mountain pass", also called "Tshangkha") is a Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa Districts in central Bhutan. Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities.