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Yakha language

Yakkha
Region Nepal, Sikkim
Native speakers
 20,000 (2011 census)
Sino-Tibetan
  • Kiranti
    • Eastern
      • Greater Yakkha
        • Yakkha
Language codes
ISO 639-3 – inclusive code
Individual codes:
 – Lambichhong (duplicate code)
 – Phangduwali (duplicate code)
 – Lumba-Yakkha (duplicate code)
Glottolog yakk1236
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Yakkha (also erroneously spelled as Yakha) is a language spoken in parts of Nepal, Darjeeling district and Sikkim. The Yakkha-speaking villages are located to the East of the Arun river, in the southern part of the Sankhuwasabha district and in the northern part of the Dhankuta district of Nepal. About 14,000 people still speak the language, out of 17,003 ethnic Yakkha in Nepal. Genealogically, Yakkha belongs to the Eastern Kiranti languages and is in one subgroup with several Limbu languages, e.g. Belhare, Athpare, Chintang and Chulung . Ethnically however, the Yakkha people perceive themselves as distinct from the other Kiranti groups such as Limbu.

Mugali is spoken between Mugakhola and Sinuwakhola on the eastern banks of the Arun River in Dhankuta District, Kosi Zone, Nepal, in the villages (VDC's) of Muga, Pakhribas, and Phalate.

Phangduwali is spoken above the Mugakhola headwaters in Pakhribas VDC, Dhankuta District, Kosi Zone, Nepal.

Lumba-Yakkha is spoken in Arkhaule Jitpur and Marek Katahare VDC's, northern Dhankuta District, Kosi Zone, Nepal.


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