Dzongkha New Testament and Bible

Extremely RARE Scriptures!  Just arrived with our missionaries that visited Bhutan.

Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ་; Wylie: rdzong-kha, Roman Dzongkha: Dzongkha), occasionally Ngalopkha ("language of the Ngalop people"), is the national language of Bhutan. The word "dzongkha" means the language (kha) spoken in the dzong "fortresses"—the fortress-like dzong architecture characterises monasteries established throughout Bhutan by its unifier, Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in the 17th century.

Dzongkha is usually written in Bhutanese forms of the Uchen script forms of the Tibetan alphabet known as Jôyi (Wylie: mgyogs yig) "cursive longhand" and Jôtshum (Wylie: mgyogs tshugs ma) "formal longhand". The print form is known simply as Tshûm (Wylie:tshugs ma).

Language Data

• Alternate names: Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar; Also, in India: Drukpa, Hloka, Lhoskad; in Nepal: Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Jonkha, Zongkhar
• Dialects:Adap, Ha, Northern Thimphu, Thimphu-Punakha, Wang-The
• Scriptures published:
  • Bible (2010)
  • New Testament (2000 — 2007)
  • Portions (1970)
  • Literacy: Literacy rate in first language: 54% in Dzongkha. Literacy rate in second language(s): Below 5%. Taught in primary schools, Common school language
    Second Language: No information available.
  • Primary country: Bhutan
  • Region: Ha, Paru, Punakha, and Wangdue Phodrang districts
  • Also used in: India, Nepal
  • Religion: Buddhist
  • Status: Statutory national language in Bhutan
  • Number of users: 237,080 (160,000 in Bhutan (2006); 11,000 in India (2007); 300)
  • Vitality: National