lingm

{{short description|Traditional Bhutanese flute instrument}}

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The lingm ({{langx|dz|གླིངམ་}}, {{bo|w=glingm}}){{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}} is a bamboo flute indigenous to Bhutan.{{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}} The lingm, the dramyin (lute) and the chiwang (fiddle) comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.

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.