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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 Education and Skills Development (MoESD) (Dzongkha: ཤེས་རིག་དང་རིག་རྩལ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཁག།; Wylie: shes rig dang rig rtsal gong 'phel lhan khag) is a ministry under the Royal Government of Bhutan, responsible for the country's educational policies. [1]
A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state. (On this page a regional ...
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 ...
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;
The Department of Education and its Technical and Vocational Education Division were given a US$750,000 Asian Development Bank grant for improving the technical, vocational, and training sectors. [1] The New Approach to Primary Education, started in 1985, was extended to all primary and junior high schools in 1990 and stressed self-reliance and ...
Dzongkha is the national language of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Other languages spoken include Brokpa, Dzala, Chali Chocangacakha, Dakpa language, Khengkha language, Nepali language, Gongduk, Nyenkha, Lhokpu, Takpa and Tshangla. [21] Almost all the languages of Bhutan are from the Tibetic family (except Nepali, an Indo-Aryan language).
Chöke was used as the language of education in Bhutan until the early 1960s when it was replaced by Dzongkha in public schools. [ 5 ] Although descended from Classical Tibetan, Dzongkha shows a great many irregularities in sound changes that make the official spelling and standard pronunciation more distant from each other than is the case ...