Dzongkha is a South Tibetic language. It is closely related to Laya and Lunana and partially intelligible with Sikkimese, and to some other Bhutanese languages such as Chocha Ngacha, Brokpa, Brokkat and Lakha. It has a more distant relationship to Standard Tibetan.
Dzongkha, or Bhutanese, is spoken by about 130,000 people in Bhutan, where it is the national language, and also in Nepal and India. It is a South Tibetic language closely related to Sikkimese.
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Dzongkha is spoken as the native tongue by people from Haa, Paro, Chukkha, Thimphu, Punakha, Gasa, Wangdiphodrang, and Dagana districts and is heavily split into different dialects, some of them nearly unintelligible to other Dzongkha speakers.
Language is at the heart of Bhutan’s cultural identity, and the official language is Dzongkha, meaning “the language of the fortress.” It originated in western Bhutan, closely linked to the dzongs (fortresses) that have long served as monastic and administrative centers.
Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ་, rDzong-kha, literally “the language of the fortress”) is the national language of Bhutan and a member of the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is primarily spoken in western Bhutan and by communities in southern Tibet and northeastern India.
Dzongkha is a South Tibetic language. It is closely related to Laya and Lunana and partially intelligible with Sikkimese, and to some other Bhutanese languages such as Chocha Ngacha, Brokpa, Brokkat and Lakha. It has a more distant relationship to Standard Tibetan.
Dzongkha is a Central Bodish language [2] with approximately 160,000 native speakers as of 2006. [3] It is the dominant language in Western Bhutan, where most native speakers are found.
Dzongkha is natively spoken by around 171,000 people and is the official language of Bhutan. Belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family, Dzongkha is written using the Tibetan script, a traditional abugida system.