Groundbreaking efforts to construct Bhutan's first ever official sign language — and document it so it can be widely shared — marks a major step forward in a country committed to inclusive ...

As fewer youth take interest in reading and writing Dzongkha, the Dzongkha Booker Prize is becoming more than just an award.

Losing Bhutan’s languages. Bhutan is a tiny Himalayan nation with a population of under 800,000 people. Internet and television was introduced only in 1999 and mobile phones in 2004.

Bhutan, a country that prioritizes happiness, has seen 9% of its population leave in recent years. ... with songs in the national language, Dzongkha, and centuries-old dances and costumes.

In Bhutan’s second city of Paro, home to the country’s only airport, ... Bhutan’s official language. What they lack in punctuation, they make up for by being consistently memorable, ...

The film was shot in the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan in the local Dzongkha language. By Pip Bulbeck Native Bhutan-language feature, Arrows Of The Thunder Dragon, is Australia’s official ...

Penstar protests against the tendency of some Bhutanese newspapers to undermine Dzongkha language and suggests that the national language needs to be promoted everywhere. Global Voices stands out as ...

Article 2, which states that Bhutan will be “guided by the advice of the Government of India in regard to its external relations’’, will be revamped to reflect the language of friendly cooperation.

Mfox at Kuzu Bhutan Weblog discusses how globalization affects the local languages. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community ...

On Language Location: Bhutan The Documentary Podcast Bhutan is a landlocked country in the eastern Himalaya, best known as a Buddhist kingdom where the policy of ‘Gross National Happiness ...