The talk on the origin of Dzongkha language in
Bhutan was delivered by Professor George van Driem, the Director of the
Linguistic Institute of Bern University Switzerland on August 11th, 2012
at Paro College of Education.
During the talk Dr. George pointed out that “Dzongkha
language has its foundation from one of the two greatest language families of
the world, the Trans-Himalayan
Linguistic phylum or Tibetan-Burman language family”. He added that “Bhutanese
language is at the heart of trans-Himalayan language”. The talk also covered
the hidden significant, structural beauty, and sophisticated aspect of the Dzongkha
language from the linguistic point of view.
The Dzongkha is literally the language of Fortress where
military and ecclesiastic strongly hold language spoken in the Dzong as the
official language. It is spoken already in western Bhutan long before the
Zhabdrung’s arrival in 1616. According to the Professor, there are nineteen languages
in different locations of Bhutan which are all intricate, special and unique.
The professor was accompanied by the Secretary of
Dzongkha Development Commission, Dasho Sherab Gyeltshen. More than 150 student
teachers including the Director and faculty members of Paro College of
Education attended the talk.
The talk was organized by Mr. Rinchen Dorji, the Dean
of Research and Industrial Linkage, Paro College of Education.
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