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    subgroup. At least six of the nineteen languages and dialects of Bhutan are Central Bodish languages. Dzongkha is a Central Bodish language with approximately...
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    instead of Tibetan characters. Bhutan (/buːˈtɑːn/ boo-TAHN; Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, romanized: Druk Yul [ʈuk̚˩.yː˩]), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan (Dzongkha:...
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    Dzongkha (redirect from Dzongkha languages)
    instead of Tibetan characters. Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ་; [t͡sòŋkʰɑ́]) is a Sino-Tibetan language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. It is written...
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    The Tibetic languages form a well-defined group of languages descended from Old Tibetan (7th to 9th centuries). According to Tournadre (2014), there are...
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  • inhabit Bhutan, but the Ngalop people who speak the Dzongkha language constitute a majority of the Bhutanese population. The Bhutanese are of four main...
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    South Asia is home to several hundred languages, spanning the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka...
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  • a Sino-Tibetan language of the Bodish branch closely related to the Tibetic languages. Tshangla is primarily spoken in Eastern Bhutan and acts as a lingua...
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    dating from the 8th century. The Tibetic languages are usually grouped with the smaller East Bodish languages of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh as the Bodish...
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    creoles Languages of Bangladesh Languages of Bhutan Languages of China Languages of Fiji Languages of Guyana Languages of Malaysia Languages of Maldives...
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    of the variety of Takpa spoken in China, in Tsona County. Monba is a tonal language, with four contour tones: 55, 53, 35, and 31. Languages of Bhutan...
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    Lhotshampa (redirect from Nepalis in Bhutan)
    Bhutan Tek Nath Rizal Goldhap Refugee Camp Beldangi refugee camps Immigration in Bhutan Demographics of Bhutan Ethnic groups in Bhutan "Population of...
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  • The East Bodish languages are a small group of non-Tibetic Bodish languages spoken in eastern Bhutan and adjacent areas of Tibet and India. They include:...
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    language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Lepcha script Sikkimese Tibetan language Languages of Nepal Languages of India Languages of Bhutan "Lepcha"...
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    Lipungchha, Malekungchha, Maidhung, kherasung, Rakhomi, Rodung, etc) of Nepal, India and Bhutan. Alternate renderings and names include Chamling, Chamlinge and...
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    of Tibetan characters. The Druk Gyalpo (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་; lit. 'Dragon King') is the head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan. In the Dzongkha language,...
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    centuries. It developed proximity to a number of Indo-Aryan languages, most significantly to other Pahari languages. Nepali was originally spoken by the Khas...
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  • "Endangered Languages of Bhutan and Sikkim: East Bodish Languages". In Moseley, Christopher (ed.). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge...
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    Tshangla language(Sharchop-kha) Indo-Aryan languages Nepali language Sports in Bhutan Football in Bhutan Bhutan national football team Cricket in Bhutan Bhutan...
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  • proposed grouping consisting of the Tibetic languages and associated Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Tibet, North India, Nepal, Bhutan, and North Pakistan. It...
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  • language both related to Indo-Aryan and Armenian) Languages of South Asia Languages of Bangladesh Languages of Bhutan Languages of India Languages of...
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  • Mago Thingbu Lakuthang Bhutan Sakteng Merak The 1981 census counted 1,855 Brokpa people in Arunachal Pradesh. Languages of Bhutan Brokpa at Ethnologue (18th...
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  • Bhutani (redirect from Bhutani language)
    Sikkimese language Dzongkha, the official language of Bhutan conceivably any language of Bhutan apparently also a certain dialect of the Balochi language Bhutanese...
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  • Bhutan. Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yakherd communities. Languages of Bhutan van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan"...
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    Sino-Tibetan language spoken on the border of India and Bhutan, by the tribal Toto people in Totopara, West Bengal along the border with Bhutan. It is also...
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  • Before the introduction of Buddhism in Bhutan, the prevalent religion was Bon. Some scholars assert that it was imported from Tibet and India, perhaps...
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  • three. Other distinctive symbols of Bhutan and its dominant Ngalop culture include Dzongkha, the national language; the Bhutanese monarchy; and the driglam...
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    mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom. Located on the southern end of the Eastern Himalaya, Bhutan has...
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    The prime minister of Bhutan (Lyonchhen) is the head of government of Bhutan. The prime minister is nominated by the party that wins the most seats in...
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    Cradled in the folds of the Himalayas, Bhutan has relied on its geographical isolation to protect itself from outside cultural influences. A sparsely populated...
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  • languages, nearby languages of central and eastern Bhutan to the extent that they may be considered part of a wider collection of "Bumthang languages"...
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