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{{short description|Traditional Bhutanese flute instrument}}

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The '''lingm''' ({{langx|dz|གླིངམ་}}, {{bo|w=glingm}})<ref name=Kinga>{{cite journal|title=The Attributes and Values of Folk and Popular Songs |journal=Journal of Bhutan Studies |volume=3 |issue=1  |first=Sonam |last=Kinga |accessdate=2011-10-30 |url=http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/jbs/JBS_03_01_05.pdf |year=2003 |pages=132–170}}</ref> is a bamboo [[flute]] indigenous to [[Bhutan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Bhutan Based on Buddhism |first=C. T |last=Dorji |publisher=Sangay Xam; Prominent Publishers |year=1994 |isbn=81-86239-01-4 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yA9uAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref> The lingm, the [[dramyin]] ([[lute]]) and the [[chiwang]] ([[fiddle]]) comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional [[music of Bhutan|Bhutanese folk music]].<ref name=Kinga/>

There are two varieties of lingm: the ''dong lingm'' ({{lang|dz|གདོང་གླིངམ་}} {{bo|w=gdong-glingm}}), which is front-blown; and the ''zur lingm'' ({{lang|dz|ཟུར་གླིངམ་}}, {{bo|w=zur-glingm}}), which is side-blown.<ref name=Kinga/>

==See also==
*[[Music of Bhutan]] 
*[[Gyaling]] 
*[[Suona]]

==References==
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[[Category:Bhutanese musical instruments]]
[[Category:Flutes]]


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