Rongpo language

Rongpo
Rangpo
/r~øpø/
Conversation between a Marcha-Rongpo speaker couple
Native toIndia
RegionUttarakhand
EthnicityRongpa
Native speakers
(7,500 cited 2001)
Dialects
  • Marcha
  • Tolcha †
Language codes
ISO 639-3rnp
Glottologrong1264
ELPRongpo

Rongpo (also known as Rangpo and Rang Po Bhasa) is a West Himalayish language spoken in Uttarakhand, India. It is the historic native language of the Rongpa people. George Abraham Grierson originally called the language as one of the Tibetic languages, but is now considered as an independent language.