Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development

The Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development carries out planning for promotion of Dzongkha through the education system and public service in the country as well as codification and elaboration of the language. Codification essentially takes the form of writing grammars, dictionaries, orthographical rules, etc. in order to standardize the language. Elaboration or functional development includes terminological modernization and coining of new words, as required.