The Sikkimese language, also called Sikkimese Tibetan, Bhutia, "Dranjongke" ( "Rice District language"), "Dranjoke", "Denjongka", "Denzongpeke", and "Denzongke", belongs to the Tibetic languages. It is spoken by the Bhutia people in Sikkim and northeast Nepal. The Sikkimese people call their language Dranjongke. They call their homeland Denzong ("Rice Valley").