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LEPCHA.
THE Lepcha language is
spoken by the Lepchas, the undoubted aborigines of the mountain forests
near
Darjeeling. The district they occupy is perhaps about 120 miles in
length, from N.W. to S.E.,
extending along the south face of the Himalaya Mountains, until its limits
become undefined in the
mountains of Bootan. Little is known in Europe concerning the Lepcha
dialect, but recent researches
have shown it to be allied to, if not derived from, the
Tibetan language. The Rev. W. Start, of Dar-
jeeling, has commenced a translation of the New Testament in this language,
and has recently caused
1000 copies of the Gospel of St. Matthew to be printed at his own
expense."--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)
Samuel Bagster [Info only]
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