Dzongkha is the national language of Bhutan and the only language with official status there. It belongs to the Tibetic group of the Sino-Tibetan family and is written in the Tibetan script. Native speakers are concentrated in western Bhutan and number a few hundred thousand, but the language is used far more widely as a second language, since it is compulsory in schools and required for government business. Dzongkha is tonal, and its formal registers differ markedly from everyday speech. Bhutan is home to many other languages, including Tshangla in the east and Nepali in the south, so plenty of Bhutanese speak Dzongkha alongside another mother tongue. The name means, roughly, the language of the dzongs, the fortress monasteries that anchor Bhutanese administration.
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