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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]
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 ...
This is a list of countries by public sector size, calculated as the number of public sector employees as a percentage of the total workforce. Information is based ...
Pages in category "Languages of Bhutan" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... Limbu language; Lunana dialect; N. Nepali language;
Numerous ethnic groups inhabit Bhutan, with the Ngalop people who speak the Dzongkha language being a majority of the Bhutanese population. [1] [2] The Bhutanese are of four main ethnic categories, which themselves are not necessarily exclusive – the politically and culturally dominant Ngalop of western and northern Bhutan, the Sharchop of eastern Bhutan, the Lhotshampa concentrated in ...
Their language, Dzongkha, is the national language and is descended from Old Tibetan. The Ngalop are dominant in western and northern Bhutan, including Thimphu and the Dzongkha-speaking region. The term Ngalop may subsume several related linguistic and cultural groups, such as the Kheng people and speakers of Bumthang language. [1] [2] [3]
The Royal Government of Bhutan listed the country's population as 752,700 in 2003. [needs update] [9] The Bhutanese numbers can be reconstructed from their 9th Five Year Plan documents, [10] which lists the exact number of households in each gewog. If the Bhutanese refugee advocate groups are correct, a spot check of a southern gewog should ...
On January 8, 2003, the state government of Tamil Nadu banned the sale of all forms of lottery by agencies from and outside the state. [20] This ban has been upheld by successive governments. But it has been withdrawn and for the last few years Kerala and all other State Government lotteries are being sold in Tamil Nadu.