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Name:
Dzongkha
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Drukke; Lhoskad; Hloka; Drukha; Dukpa; Bhutanese; Jonkha; Bhotia of Bhutan; Bhotia of Dukpa; Zongkhar; Rdzongkha; Lhoke; Bhōṭiā of Dukpa; Bhōṭiā of Bhutan; Drukpa
Spoken in:
Nepal, India, Bhutan
Number of speakers:
160,000 in Bhutan (2006). Population total all countries: 171,300
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
160000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
133009
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
dzo
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Southern Tibetan; Southern Central Tibetan; South Bodish Unit; Southern (stib)
Child Dialects:
Ha (dzo-ha)
Wang-The; Thimphu-Punakha (dzo-wan)
Northern Thimphu (dzo-nor)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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