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About Dzongkha
Dzongkha is the national language of Bhutan and uses the Tibetan script.
Speakers
640,000+
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan
Writing System
Tibetan script (Uchen)
Difficulty
Very Hard
Spoken in
Why Learn Dzongkha?
Bhutan is known for Gross National Happiness and stunning Himalayan monasteries.
Common Dzongkha Words
Start your Dzongkha journey with these essential words and phrases.
ཀུ་ཟུ་ཟངས་པོ་ལགས།
Hello (honorific)
kuzu zangpo la
ཀ་དིན་ཆེ།
Thank you
kadrin che
ཨིན།
Yes
in
མེན།
No
men
ཆུ།
Water
chu
ཟ་མ།
Food
za-ma
གྲོགས།
Friend
drok
སེམས་གཏོང།
Love
sem tong
ལོག་ལ་ཕྱད།
Goodbye (See you later)
lok la che
ཁྱིམ།
House
khyim
ཉི་མ།
Sun
nyima
རྒྱལ་ཁབ།
Country/Kingdom
gyelkhap
History of Dzongkha
Dzongkha is related to Tibetan, brought by Tibetan migrants centuries ago. 'Dzongkha' means 'language of the dzong (fortress).' Bhutan, never colonized, preserved its traditional culture. The fourth king promoted Dzongkha as a unifying national language. Bhutan remains one of the world's most isolated and culturally intact nations.
Is Dzongkha Hard to Learn?
Dzongkha uses the complex Tibetan script with many stacked consonants. Tones affect meaning. Grammar differs from European languages with subject-object-verb order. Bhutan's isolation means limited learning resources, but the small population enables immersion.
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