Language

གློ་སྐད་

Loke
  • Global speakers: 7,500
  • Glottocode: lowa1242
  • ISO 639-3: loy
Southern AsiaNepal flagNepalHimalayan
As many as a quarter of the 9-10,000 culturally Tibetan people from Nepal's Mustang District are estimated to live in New York, driven by changing climatic and economic conditions, coupled with access to new opportunities. Approximately half may be from the Upper Mustang region of Nepal (speaking the Tibetan language Loke) while the other half are from Lower Mustang (speaking the related Baragaun variety). Almost all Mustangis also speak the national language, Nepali, and many, especially those who spent time as Buddhist monks, also speak Tibetan (to which Loke and Baragaun are closely related). Those from a five-village area of Upper Mustang called the shöyul may speak Seke as their native language and Baragaun or Loke as a second language.
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