Dzongkha

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

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
Ethnicity	Bhutanese
Native speakers	171,080  (2013)e18 Total speakers: 640,000
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Dzongkha–Lhokä Dzongkha
Early forms:	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Tibetan Classical Tibetan Dzongkha
Dialects	Laya Lunana Adap
Writing system	Tibetan alphabet Dzongkha Braille
Official status
Official language in	Bhutan
Regulated by	Dzongkha Development Commission
Language codes
ISO 639-1	dz
ISO 639-2	dzo
ISO 639-3	dzo – inclusive code Individual codes: lya – Laya luk – Lunana adp – Adap
Linguasphere	70-AAA-bf
Districts of Bhutan in which the Dzongkha language is spoken natively are highlighted in yellow.

Dzongkha Media

• Kinley speaking Dzongkha (Wikitongues)

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  Jakar Dzong, representative of the distinct dzong architecture from which Dzongkha gets its name