Editing Sharchops (section)

==Language==
Most Sharchops speak [[Tshangla language|Tshangla]], a [[Tibeto-Burman]] language; fewer speak the [[Olekha language]].<ref name=SIL1>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=BT |title=Languages of Bhutan |work=[[Ethnologue]] Online |publisher=[[SIL International]] |location=[[Dallas]] |year=2006 |access-date=2011-01-18}}</ref> They also learn the national language, [[Dzongkha]]. Because of their proximity to Northeastern India, some speak [[Assamese language|Assamese]]. [[Boro language (India)|Bodo]] is also known to many of them because of socio cultural and trade relations.

Tshangla is also spoken by the [[Monpa people|Monpa (Menba)]] national minority across the border in [[China]], distributed in [[Mêdog County|Mêdog]], [[Nyingchi Prefecture|Nyingchi]] and [[Dirang]]. Tshangla is similar to the Kalaktang and Dirang languages spoken by the Monpa of [[Arunachal Pradesh]], India.<ref>[[Roger Blench|Blench, Roger]] (2014). Sorting out Monpa: The relationships of the Monpa languages of Arunachal Pradesh.</ref>