Language code: dz
Technical information about ISO 639 language code dz
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The table below provides technical details for the Dzongkha language, designated by the dz code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Dzongkha Native རྫོང་ཁ |
| Family | Tibeto-Burman |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central (Thimphu–Punakha) dialectHaa dialect |
| Related languages | Central TibetanSikkimeseSherpaBumthang |
| Key facts | Written with the Tibetan script in its Bhutanese Uchen styleThe name Dzongkha literally means “language of the fortress-monasteries”The language has two lexical tones that developed from historical consonant changesPast-tense clauses show ergative–absolutive alignmentA dedicated Dzongkha Braille system is in use |
| Sample phrase | ཀུ་ཟུ་བཟང་པོ། ཁྱེད་ག་བདེ་ཡོད་པས། |
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Dzongkha belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, precisely to the Tibeto-Burman subgroup. It is the official language of Bhutan, and it is written using the Tibetan script. It is estimated that there are more than 150,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
170K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Dzongkha speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
dz-BT – Dzongkha (Bhutan)
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