Dzongkha
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Dzongkha or Bhutanese (རྫོང་ཁ་, [dzoŋkʰa]), is the national language of Bhutan.
| Dzongkha | ||||
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| Bhutanese རྫོང་ཁ་ | ||||
 The word "Dzongkha" in Jôyi, a Bhutanese form of the Uchen script | ||||
| Native to |  Bhutan China India
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| Ethnicity | Bhutanese | |||
| Native speakers | 171,080 (2013)e18 Total speakers: 640,000[1] | |||
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| 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
Kinley speaking Dzongkha (Wikitongues)
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.
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Dzongkha edition. |
