Dzongkha
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bhutan
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Summary
Dzongkha is a language[1]. Dzongkha ranks in the top 0.68% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,336 views/month, #38 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Bhutan[3], India[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Southern Tibetic[6]
- Writing system: Tibetan alphabet[7]
- Commons category: Dzongkha language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: dz[9]
- Said to be the same as: Q25668555[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dzongkha language[11]
- Language regulatory body: Dzongkha Development Commission[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 171,000[13], 237,080[14]
- Native label: རྫོང་ཁ་[15]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[16]
- Indigenous to: Paro District[17], Punakha District[18], Wangdue Phodrang District[19], Arunachal Pradesh[20], Assam[21], Meghalaya[22], Manipur[23], Nagaland[24], Sikkim[25], West Bengal[26]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/DZO[27]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[28]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Dzongkha-language films[29]
Why It Matters
Dzongkha has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Dzongkha is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]