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Dzongkha

Also known as Ngalopkha language, Dzongkha language

thumb|Kinley speaking Dzongkha (Wikitongues) right|thumb|Jakar Dzong, representative of the distinct [[dzong architecture from which Dzongkha gets its name]]

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Dzongkha is the official language of Bhutan, a Himalayan country in Asia. The language's name comes from the distinctive fortress architecture (called dzongs) that is characteristic of Bhutan's cultural identity.

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Language.name: Dzongkha
Language.altname: BhutaneseBhutanese Tibetan
Language.states: Bhutan
Language.ethnicity: Ngalop people
Language.speakers: 171,080
Language.date: 2013
Language.ref: e18
Language.speakers2: Total speakers: 640,000
Language.familycolor: Sino-Tibetan
Language.fam2: Tibeto-Burman
Language.fam3: Tibeto-Kanauri (?)
Language.fam4: Bodish
Language.fam5: Tibetic
Language.fam6: Dzongkha–Lhokä
Language.ancestor: Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Language.ancestor2: Old Tibetan
Language.ancestor3: Classical Tibetan
Language.script: Tibetan scriptDzongkha Braille

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Classification
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Phonotactics
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Nouns
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Pronouns
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Comparison
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Sample text
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thumb|Kinley speaking Dzongkha (Wikitongues) right|thumb|Jakar Dzong, representative of the distinct [[dzong architecture from which Dzongkha gets its name]]

Dzongkha ( ), also known by its exonym Bhutanese, is a Tibeto-Burman language in the Sino-Tibetan language family that is primarily spoken by the Bhutanese people. It is the official and national language of Bhutan, and is written using the Tibetan script.

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