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There are two dozen languages of Bhutan, all members of the Tibeto-Burman language family except for Nepali, which is an Indo-Aryan language, and the Bhutanese Sign Language. [1] Dzongkha, the national language, is the only native language of Bhutan with a literary tradition, though Lepcha and Nepali are literary languages in other countries. [2]
1 Αυγ 2017 · Bhutan has a diverse linguistic landscape. The Dzongkha language is the country’s national language. Most languages spoken in the country belong to the Tibeto-Burman language family. Here is a list of languages that are spoken in Bhutan.
Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ་; [d͡zòŋkʰɑ́]) is a Tibeto-Burman language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. [3] It is written using the Tibetan script. The word dzongkha means "the language of the fortress", from dzong "fortress" and kha "language".
Some 22 living languages belonging to three unrelated families, Tibeto-Burman, Indo-European and Dravidian, are spoken in its territory. The major languages of Bhutan are Dzongkha, Nepali and Tshangla. A list of Bhutan languages with at least 10,000 native speakers is shown in the following table:
Dzongkha is the official and national language of Bhutan, which literally means 'language of the fort'. More than five hundred thousand people speak it in the country. Being the national language, it is majorly used for administrative purposes, in forts and dzongs. It is the predominant language in western Bhutan. Prominent Languages
Dzongkha is main language in Thimphu, the capital, and western Bhutan while Nepali is predominant in southern regions of the country. English is widely used in schools, colleges and by government officials.
There are two dozen languages of Bhutan, all members of the Tibeto-Burman language family except for Nepali, which is an Indo-Aryan language, and the Bhutanese Sign Language. [1] Dzongkha, the national language, is the only native language of Bhutan with a literary tradition, though Lepcha and Nepali are literary languages in other countries. [2]
