Lepcha

English

Noun

Lepcha pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group, the aboriginal people of Sikkim, who live in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet.

Proper noun

Lepcha

1. Their language, a Himalayish language in the Sino-Tibetan family, spoken by about 30000-50000 people.
2. The abugida script, also known as Róng, used only to write that language.

Translations

people

language

• French: lepcha (fr)
• Hindi: लेपचा (lepcā)
• Lepcha: ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵᰶ (róng ríng)
• Nepali: लेप्चा (lepcā)

script

• Hindi: लेपचा (lepcā)
• Lepcha: ᰛᰩᰵ (róng)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lepcha terms
• Ethnologue entry for Lepcha, lep ⁠

Anagrams

• Chapel, cephal-, chapel, pleach