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ISO 639-3 · dzodzo
Southern Tibetic family
Dzongkha
རྫོང་ཁ་
Dzongkha is a language of the Southern Tibetic branch, spoken in Bhutan and India. Wikidata counts about 237,080 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bhutan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dzo- ISO 639-1
dz- Glottocode
nucl1307- Family
- Southern Tibetic
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 27.50, 89.50
- Wikipedia
- 104 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Dzongkha · རྫོང་ཁ་ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ngalopkha language, Dzongkha language |
| All speakers | 237,080 (2010) |
| Written in | Tibetan alphabet |
| Official in | Bhutan |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Southern Tibetic to Dzongkha
The branches above Dzongkha, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
6Southern TibeticfamilydzoDzongkhalanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Bhutan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalnepNepaliIndo-European · 24.1 m1 · NationalsatSantaliAustroasiatic · 7.2 m4 · EducationalsckNagpuriIndo-European · 7 m3 · Wider CommunicationnewNewarSino-Tibetan · 1 m4 · EducationaltsjTshanglaBodish · 175,0004 · EducationallepLepchaSino-Tibetan · 66,5006b · ThreatenedxkzKurtöpBodish · 15,0006b · ThreatenedgoeGongdukSino-Tibetan · 1,000VulnerablekjzBumthangSino-Tibetan6b · Threatened