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*[http://www.languagesgulper.com/eng/Languages_of_Bhutan.html Languages of Bhutan] | ==Description== | ||
The national language is Dzongkha (Bhutanese), one of 53 languages in the Tibetan language family. The script, locally called Chhokey (literally, "Dharma language"), is identical to classical Tibetan. | |||
In Bhutan's education system, English is the medium of instruction, while Dzongkha is taught as the national language. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Bhutan," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan#Languages, accessed 11 Aug 2021.</ref> | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha '''Dzongkha'''] - a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by over half a million people in Bhutan; it is the country's sole official and national language.[3] The Tibetan script is used to write Dzongkha. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Dzongkha," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha, accessed 11 Aug 2021.</ref> | |||
There are two dozen other [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Bhutan '''languages of Bhutan'''], all members of the Tibeto-Burman language family except for Nepali. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Bhutan," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', There are two dozen languages of Bhutan, accessed 11 Aug 2021.</ref> | |||
==Word List(s)== | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | |||
'''Alphabet'''<br> | |||
The Tibetan script used to write Dzongkha has thirty basic letters, sometimes known as "radicals", for consonants. The Bhutanese government adopted a transcription system known as Roman Dzongkha in 1991.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Dzongkha," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha#:~:text=Writing%20system, accessed 11 Aug 2021.</ref> | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha#:~:text=Phonology Dzongkha Vowels and Consonants] - Wikipedia | |||
'''Pronunciation''' | |||
* Rinchhen Khandu, '''''A New mMthod English-Dzongkha Dictionary : topic-based with pronunciation guide''''', Thim-phu : Rinchen Khandu, 2010 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/rig-gsar-ing-lish-rdzong-kha-tshig-mdzod-don-tshan-phyogs-bsdebs-a-new-method-english-dzongkha-dictionary-topic-based-with-pronunciation-guide/oclc/710045292&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | |||
'''Dictionaries''' | |||
* Jamkhar Karma Drupchu, '''''Pocket pictorial Dzongkha dictionary''''', Thimpu : DSB Publication, 2013 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/pocket-pictorial-dzongkha-dictionary-dzongkha-english-english-dzongkha/oclc/868414406&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Kun-bzaṅ-phrin-las, '''''Advanced Dzongkha dictionary''''', Thim-phu : Ke-aem-kri dpe skrun khaṅ, 2002 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/rdzon-khai-tshig-mdzod-chen-mo-advanced-dzongkha-dictionary/oclc/53019719&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Kun-bzang-phrin-las & Bstan-vdzin-dbang-vdus, '''''English-Dzongkha dictionary''''', Thimphu KMT 2000 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/xing-li-shi-rdzong-kha-shan-sbyar-gyi-tshig-mdzod-english-dzongkha-dictionary/oclc/255539739&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
'''Online Dictionaries''' | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/dz Dictionary English - Dzongkha] - Glosbe | |||
* [http://www.bablefishfx.com/english-to-dzongkha-translator/ English to Dzongkha Translator] - Bablefish | |||
'''Language Aids''' | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha#:~:text=Phonology Dzongkha Vowels and Consonants] - Wikipedia | |||
==Additional Resources== | |||
*[http://www.languagesgulper.com/eng/Languages_of_Bhutan.html Languages and Ethnic Groups of Bhutan] - The Language Gulpher | |||
*[http://dzongkha.sourceforge.net/html/web1024X768/script.html Dzongkha, The National Language of Bhutan] | *[http://dzongkha.sourceforge.net/html/web1024X768/script.html Dzongkha, The National Language of Bhutan] | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Bhutan]] | [[Category:Bhutan]] | ||