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Dzongkha, the Bhutanese language, is closely related to Tibetan, and Bhutanese monks read and write the ancient variant of the Tibetan language known as chhokey.
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 Dzongkha language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The word literally means "language spoken in the dzong", a dzong being a fortified monastery and administrative centre.
See Bhutanese proverbs for a list of proverbs given in both romanized Dzongkha and English.
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All Bhutanese citizens are required to observe the national dress code, or driglam namzha, while in public during daylight hours.
The dress code has met with some resistance from the ethnic Nepalese citizens living along the Indian border who resent having to wear a cultural dress which is not their own.
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 Dzongkha language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Linguistically, Dzongkha is a Central Bodish language belonging to the (A branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay peninsula) Tibeto-Burman branch of the proposed (The family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia) Sino-Tibetan group.
Dzongkha is usually written in Bhutanese forms of the (additional info and facts about Tibetan script) Tibetan script known as Joyi (mgyogs yig) and Joshum (mgyogs tshugs ma).
See for a list of proverbs given in both (additional info and facts about romanized) romanized Dzongkha and (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English.
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The British intervened in Bhutan in 1772–73 and again in 1864–65, at which time the defeated Bhutanese signed a treaty ceding control of their southern border passes to the British.
The Bhutanese also agreed to accept British mediation in any future disputes between Bhutan and its neighbours in return for an annual British subsidy.
Ugyen Wangchuk became Bhutan's druk gyalpo in 1907 with British approval, and in 1910 the Bhutanese government agreed in a treaty to be guided by Great Britain in external affairs in return for an increased annual subsidy and the promise of noninterference in Bhutan's internal affairs.
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 Dzongkha language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is closely related to Dranjongke ('bras ljongs skad), once the national language of the erstwhile kingdom of Sikkim; and to some other Bhutanese languages such as Cho-cha-na-ca (khyod ca nga ca kha), Brokpa (me rag sag steng 'brog skad), Brokkat (dur gyi 'brog skad), and Laka (la ka).
Dzongkha is usually written in Bhutanese forms of the Tibetan script known as Joyi (mgyogs yig) and Joshum (mgyogs tshugs ma).
See Wikiquote:Bhutanese proverbs for a list of proverbs given in both romanized Dzongkha and English.
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Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Religion 2 Clothing 3 Men and women in society 4 Bhutanese names 5 Religious festivals 6 The monastery 7 External Links Religion Bhutanese society is centered around the practice of Tantric Buddhism.
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