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Which language is Bhutan’s official language?
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The official language of Bhutan is Dzongkha.12
Dzongkha is a Tibeto-Burman language and a dialect of Tibetan, with which it shares an identical written form. It is primarily spoken by the Bhutia (Ngalop) people, who are the country's largest ethnic group.12