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'''Tshangla''' is a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan language]] of the [[Bodish languages|Bodish branch]] closely related to the [[Tibetic languages]] and much of its vocabulary derives from [[Classical Tibetan]]. Tshangla is primarily spoken in Eastern [[Bhutan]] and acts as a lingua franca in the country particularly among [[Sharchop people|Sharchop]]/Tshangla communities; it is also spoken in Arunachal Pradesh, India, and Tibet. Tshangla is the principal pre-Tibetan (pre-[[Dzongkha]]) language of Bhutan.<ref name=vanDriem93>{{cite web |url=http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003 |format=PDF |last=van Driem |first=George L. |author-link=George van Driem |title=Language Policy in Bhutan |publisher=[[School of Oriental and African Studies|SOAS]] |location=[[London]] |year=1993 |access-date=2011-01-18 |archive-date=2010-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101084255/http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo%3A3003 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=vanDriem1/>
'''Tshangla''' is a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan language]] of the [[Bodish languages|Bodish branch]] closely related to the [[Tibetic languages]] and much of its vocabulary derives from [[Classical Tibetan]]. Tshangla is primarily spoken in Eastern [[Bhutan]] and acts as a lingua franca in the country alongside Dzongkha; it is also spoken in [[India|Indian]] state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and [[Tibet]]. Tshangla is the principal pre-Tibetan (pre-[[Dzongkha]]) language of Bhutan.<ref name=vanDriem93>{{cite web |url=http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003 |format=PDF |last=van Driem |first=George L. |author-link=George van Driem |title=Language Policy in Bhutan |publisher=[[School of Oriental and African Studies|SOAS]] |location=[[London]] |year=1993 |access-date=2011-01-18 |archive-date=2010-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101084255/http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo%3A3003 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=vanDriem1/>


==Classification==
==Classification==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://archive.is/20121212175030/http://web.linguist.umass.edu/~cable/2012/LING748/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Tshangla Language Page (Wiki Created by Linguistic Field Methods Course at UMass Amherst)]
* [https://archive.today/20121212175030/http://web.linguist.umass.edu/~cable/2012/LING748/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Tshangla Language Page (Wiki Created by Linguistic Field Methods Course at UMass Amherst)]


{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}