Dzongkha

Dzongkha
Bhutanese
རྫོང་ཁ་
The word "Dzongkha" in Jôyi, a Bhutanese form of the Uchen script
Native to Bhutan
 China
 India


Bhutan, Xizong, Northern (Tibetan)Nepal Part
EthnicityBhutanese
Native speakers
171,080 (2013)[1]
Total speakers: 640,000[2]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Kanauri ?
    • Bodish
      • Tibetic
        • Dzongkha–Lhokä
          • Dzongkha
Early forms
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
  • Old Tibetan
    • Classical Tibetan
Dialects
  • Laya
  • Lunana
  • Adap
Tibetan alphabet
Dzongkha Braille
Official status
Official language in
 Bhutan
Regulated byDzongkha Development Commission
Language codes
ISO 639-1dz
ISO 639-2dzo
ISO 639-3dzo – inclusive code
Individual codes:
lya – Laya
luk – Lunana
adp – Adap
Glottolognucl1307
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Districts of Bhutan in which the Dzongkha language is spoken natively are highlighted in yellow.

Dzongkha or Bhutanese (རྫོང་ཁ་, [dzoŋkʰa]), is the national language of Bhutan.

References

  1. ↑ Dzongkha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Laya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Lunana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Adap at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ "How many people speak Dzongkha?". languagecomparison.com. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
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