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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)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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