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Dzongkha

Spoken language
Dzongkha is a Sino-Tibetan language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. It is written using the Tibetan script. The word dzongkha means "the language of the fortress", from dzong "fortress" and kha "language". As of 2013,... Wikipedia
Region: Asia
Location: Bhutan
Dialects: Laya; Lunana; Adap
Early forms: Proto-Sino-Tibetan: Old Tibetan > Classical Tibetan
ISO 639-3: – inclusive code; Individual codes: – Laya; – Lunana
Language family: Sino-Tibetan > Tibeto-Burman > Tibeto-Kanauri (?) > Bodish > Tibetic > Dzongkha–Lhokä > Dzongkha