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| ==Description==
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| 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.
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| 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://www.mtholyoke.edu/~wangd20k/classweb/bht/home.html Languages of Bhutan] |
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| *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha '''Dzongkha'''] - (also known as Bhutanese) 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>
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| 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>
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| ==Word List(s)==
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| * [https://wikitravel.org/en/Dzongkha_phrasebook#:~:text=Phrase%20list Dzongkha Phrase List] - WikiTravel
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| * [https://wandertours.com/helpful-phrases-in-dzongkha-for-travelers/ Helpful Phrases in Dzongkha] - WanderTours
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| * [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dzongkha_phrasebook#:~:text=Phrase%20list Dzongkha Phrase List] - Wiki Voyage
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| ==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
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| '''Alphabet'''<br>
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| 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>
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha#:~:text=Phonology Dzongkha Vowels and Consonants] - Wikipedia
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| * [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dzongkha_phrasebook Dzongkha Vowels and Consonants] - Wiki Voyage
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| '''Pronunciation'''
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| * Khandu, Rinchhen. ''A New Method English-Dzongkha Dictionary : topic-based with pronunciation guide.'' Thim-phu: Rinchen Khandu, 2010. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/710045292 WorldCat].
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| * [https://wikitravel.org/en/Dzongkha_phrasebook Dzongkha Pronunciation Guide] - WikiTravel
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| * [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dzongkha_phrasebook#:~:text=Pronunciation%20guide Dzongkha Pronunciation Guide] - Wiki Voyage
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| ==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
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| '''Dictionaries'''
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| * Drupchu, Jamkhar Karma. ''Pocket pictorial Dzongkha dictionary.'' Thimpu: DSB Publication, 2013. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/868414406 WorldCat]. | |
| * Kun-bzaṅ-phrin-las. ''Advanced Dzongkha dictionary.'' Thim-phu: Ke-aem-kri dpe skrun khaṅ, 2002. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/53019719 WorldCat].
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| * Kun-bzang-phrin-las and Bstan-vdzin-dbang-vdus. ''English-Dzongkha dictionary.'' Thimphu: KMT, 2000. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/255539739 WorldCat].
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| '''Online Dictionaries'''
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| * [https://glosbe.com/en/dz Dictionary English - Dzongkha] - Glosbe
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| * [http://www.bablefishfx.com/english-to-dzongkha-translator/ English to Dzongkha Translator] - Bablefish
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| '''Language Aids'''
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| * van Driem, George. ''The Grammar of Dzongkha.'' Thimphu, Bhutan: Dzongkha Development Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan, 1992. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/48652165 WorldCat].
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongkha#:~:text=Phonology Dzongkha Vowels and Consonants] - Wikipedia
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| ==Additional Resources==
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| *[http://www.languagesgulper.com/eng/Languages_of_Bhutan.html Languages and Ethnic Groups of Bhutan] - The Language Gulpher
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| *[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] |
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| == References ==
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