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Lepcha

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Lep·cha  (lpch)
n. pl. Lepcha or Lep·chas
1. A member of a traditionally Buddhist people living in the Sikkim region of India and neighboring parts of Nepal and Bhutan.
2. The Tibeto-Burman language of the Lepcha.

Lepcha [ˈlɛptʃə]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -cha, -chas a member of a Mongoloid people of Sikkim
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan family
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to this people or their language


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He spoke the Lepcha dialect with an indescribable softening of the gutturals.
 
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