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At least six of the nineteen languages and dialects of Bhutan are Central Bodish languages. Dzongkha is a Central Bodish language [2] with approximately 160,000 native speakers as of 2006. [3] It is the dominant language in Western Bhutan, where most native speakers are found. It was declared the national language of Bhutan in 1971. [4]
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Bhutan: 23 8 31 0.44 639,500 25,580 8,000
Pages in category "Languages of Bhutan" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Dzongkha: ནང་སྲིད་ལྷན་ཁག་; Wylie: nang-srid lhan-khag; "Nangsi Lhenkhag") renamed as Ministry of Home Affairs [1] is the government ministry within the Lhengye Zhungtshog (Council of Ministers) which oversees law and order; the civil administration; immigration services; the issuance of citizenship documents, and other ...
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Private lotteries were legal in the US in the early 19th century. [29] In fact, a number of US patents were granted on new types of lotteries. In today's vernacular, these would be considered business method patents. Before the advent of government-sponsored lotteries, many illegal lotteries thrived; see Numbers game and Peter H. Matthews.
There are also some native speakers near the Indian town of Kalimpong, once part of Bhutan but now in North Bengal, and in Sikkim. Dzongkha was declared the national language of Bhutan in 1971. [8] Dzongkha study is mandatory in all schools, and the language is the lingua franca in the districts to the south and east where it is not the mother ...
The official national language of Bhutan is Dzongkha, which is derived from the Tibetan spoken by Lama Shabdrung and his followers, who left Tibet to found the nation of Bhutan in the 1600s. Tshangla, however, is one of Bhutan's many indigenous languages and is the most widely spoken of the indigenous Sino-Tibetan languages.