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{{short description|Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bhutan}} | {{short description|Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bhutan}} | ||
{{Distinguish|Tsonga language}} | {{Distinguish|Tsonga language}} | ||
{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
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{{Contains special characters|Tibetan}} | {{Contains special characters|Tibetan}} | ||
[[File:JakarDzong.jpg|right|thumb|[[Jakar Dzong]], representative of the distinct [[dzong architecture]] from which Dzongkha gets its name]] | [[File:JakarDzong.jpg|right|thumb|[[Jakar Dzong]], representative of the distinct [[dzong architecture]] from which Dzongkha gets its name]] | ||
'''Dzongkha''' | '''Dzongkha''' {{efn|{{bo-textonly|lang=dz|རྫོང་ཁ་}}, {{IPA-all|dzòŋkʰɑ́|}} <br /> [[devanagari]]: ''जोङ्खा'' or ''जोङ्ग्खा''}} is a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan language]] spoken by over half a million people in [[Bhutan]]; it is the country's sole official and national language.<ref name=CoBE>{{cite web |url=http://www.constitution.bt/TsaThrim%20Eng%20(A5).pdf |title=Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Art. 1, § 8 |publisher=Government of Bhutan |date=2008-07-18 |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706162637/http://www.constitution.bt/TsaThrim%20Eng%20%28A5%29.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 }}</ref> The [[Tibetan script]] is used to write Dzongkha. | ||
The word ''dzongkha'' means "the language of the palace"; ''[[Dzongkhag|dzong]]'' means "palace" and ''kha'' is language. As of 2013, Dzongkha had 171,080 native speakers and about 640,000 total speakers.<ref name="How many people speak Dzongkha" /> | The word ''dzongkha'' means "the language of the palace"; ''[[Dzongkhag|dzong]]'' means "palace" and ''kha'' is language. As of 2013, Dzongkha had 171,080 native speakers and about 640,000 total speakers.<ref name="How many people speak Dzongkha" /> | ||
Dzongkha is a South Tibetic language primarily spoken in [[Bhutan]]. It shares close linguistic ties with Laya and Lunana and exhibits partial intelligibility with Sikkimese, as well as other Bhutanese languages such as Chocha Ngacha, Brokpa, Brokkat, and Lakha. Dzongkha has a more distant relationship with Standard Tibetan. The mutual intelligibility between spoken Dzongkha and Tibetan is estimated to be around 50 to 80 percent. | |||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||