Language code: dzo
Technical information about ISO 639 language code dzo
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The table below provides technical details for the Dzongkha language, designated by the dzo code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Dzongkha Native རྫོང་ཁ |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Ngalop (Standard Western Dzongkha)HaaKurichuPunakhaThimphuLayaLingshiWang |
| Related languages | Central TibetanSikkimeseSherpaBumthangKheng |
| Key facts | The name Dzongkha literally means “language of the fortress-monastery”The language uses the Tibetan U-chen script, preserving silent consonants that reflect Classical Tibetan etymologyDzongkha is tonal, with two contrastive tones that can change lexical meaningIt distinguishes plain, honorific and super-honorific lexical registers rather than using inflection for politenessThe first full descriptive grammar of Dzongkha was published only in 1998, so it is comparatively newly documented. |
| Sample phrase | ཀུ་སུ་བཟང་པོ་ལ། ཁྱེད་རང་ག་བདེ་པོ་ཡོད་པས། |
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The Dzongkha language, identified by the code dzo, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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