Bhutan has about nineteen dialects spoken throughout the country. “Dzongkha” is the national and the official language in Bhutan and is spoken by majority of the Bhutanese. There are also other languages spoken widely such as Sharcop kha and Lhotsampa kha etc. Dzongkha is most popular in the west, Sharcops in the east and Lhotsampa kha in the south. Bhutan is a small country but there are many dialects spoken in various parts of the country because of torrential rivers and high mountain, which kept villages isolated from each other for centuries.
The Royal Government of Bhutan is providing free education to all the Bhutanese citizens and as a result, many people can read, write and understand English. The Royal government of Bhutan has made it mandatory for all the all the Bhutanese to read and write Dzongkha and English in schools.