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)[1] Total speakers: 640,000[2]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic Dzongkha–Lhokä Dzongkha
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Tibetan Classical Tibetan
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
Glottolog	nucl1307
Linguasphere	70-AAA-bf
Districts of Bhutan in which the Dzongkha language is spoken natively are highlighted in yellow.
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