Dzongkha
E79075
Dzongkha is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily in Bhutan, where it serves as the national and administrative language.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dzongkha language | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bhutanese language
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ language ⓘ national language ⓘ |
| administrativeLanguageOf | Bhutan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Sherpa language
ⓘ
Sikkimese ⓘ Tibetan ⓘ |
| countryWithLargestSpeakers | Bhutan ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bhutanese people
ⓘ
surface form:
Bhutanese
|
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Dzong-Ka ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | dzon1234 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | analytic ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | རྫོང་ཁ ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatus |
de jure national language
ⓘ
de jure working language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
aspirated consonants
ⓘ
complex consonant clusters ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | dz ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | dzo ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | dzo ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Sino-Tibetan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sino-Tibetan
|
| nationalLanguageOf | Bhutan ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOf | Bhutan ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Bhutan ⓘ |
| primaryScriptVariant | Uchen ⓘ |
| regulatingBody | Dzongkha Development Commission ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bhutan
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ |
| standardFormBasedIn | western Bhutan dialects ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tibeto-Burman ⓘ |
| usedFor |
legislation in Bhutan
ⓘ
official documents in Bhutan ⓘ school instruction in Bhutan ⓘ |
| usedInEducationLevel |
primary education in Bhutan
ⓘ
secondary education in Bhutan ⓘ |
| usedInGovernment | Bhutanese government administration ⓘ |
| usedInMedia |
Bhutanese print media
ⓘ
Bhutanese radio broadcasting ⓘ Bhutanese television broadcasting ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Buddhist contexts in Bhutan ⓘ |
| usesAlphabet |
Tibetan script
ⓘ
surface form:
Tibetan alphabet
|
| writingSystem | Tibetan script ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dzongkha language