Lubrang Brokpa Lexicon - basic word list

These sound files constitute the elicitation of the lexical entries of the Basic Word List in the Lubrang variety of Brokpa. Lubrang village is a recent (early 20th century) settlement of Brokpa speaker originating in Sakteng village of Bhutan. They left Bhutan due to its heavy taxation of the semi-nomadic Brokpa households and its anti-Gelukpa policies and settled in the then Tibetan-administered area on land belonging to the Khispi people of Lish village, to which they continue to pay an annual tax. Lubrang Brokpa should hence be close to Merak and Sakteng (Bhutan) Brokpa, and not so close to Nyukmadung and Senge Brokpa spoken closer by. Because of the speaker’s paternal background there may be some admixture with Dirang Tshangla.