Dzongkha
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Dzongkha or Bhutanese (Page Template:Bo-textonly/fonts.css has no content.རྫོང་ཁ་, [dzoŋkʰa]), is the national language of Bhutan.
Dzongkha | ||||
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Bhutanese Page Template:Bo-textonly/fonts.css has no content.རྫོང་ཁ་ | ||||
Native to | Bhutan China India | |||
Ethnicity | Bhutanese | |||
Native speakers | 171,080 (2013)e18 Total speakers: 640,000[1] | |||
Language family | ||||
Early forms: | ||||
Dialects |
Adap
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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. | ||||
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Dzongkha Media
Jakar Dzong, representative of the distinct dzong architecture from which Dzongkha gets its name
References
- ↑ "How many people speak Dzongkha?". languagecomparison.com. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Dzongkha edition. |