Lepcha

Tibeto-Burman language of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan
Intangible natural_language Q35990
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Lepcha

Summary

Lepcha is a natural language[1]. Lepcha draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #256 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lepcha is in the country of Bhutan[3].
  • Lepcha is in the country of India[4].
  • Lepcha is in the country of Nepal[5].
  • Lepcha's instance of is recorded as natural language[6].
  • Lepcha's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Lepcha is a type of Himalayish[8].
  • Lepcha's writing system is recorded as Lepcha[9].
  • Lepcha's Commons category is recorded as Lepcha language[10].
  • Lepcha's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lepcha language[11].
  • Lepcha's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+75000'}[12].
  • Lepcha's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+66500'}[13].
  • Lepcha's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered[14].
  • Lepcha's indigenous to is recorded as Samtse District[15].
  • Lepcha's indigenous to is recorded as Sikkim[16].
  • Lepcha's indigenous to is recorded as West Bengal[17].
  • Lepcha's indigenous to is recorded as Koshi Province[18].
  • Lepcha's has phoneme is recorded as voiced dental nasal[19].
  • Lepcha's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LEP[20].
  • Lepcha's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6b Threatened[21].
  • Lepcha's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Q131938994[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[6] and modern language[7]. Lepcha is a type of Himalayish[8].

Why It Matters

Lepcha draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #256 of 734).[2] Lepcha has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Lepcha is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · SHADOWARROW 2026 · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['anp', 'ast', 'awa', 'br', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'gv'
    Image → Broad-billed Warbler in Lepcha Jagat October 2025 by Tisha M
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Broad-billed Warbler in Lepcha Jagat October 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg, Added missing Bengali and Hindi labels, descriptions, and P18 media statemen"
  2. 13w ago · ~2026-37038-25 · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → lepcha
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: lepcha"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Bhutan, India, Nepal
    Has phoneme → voiced dental nasal
    Instance of → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563031705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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