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Dzongkha , or Bhutanese , is a Sino - Tibetan language spoken by over half a million people in Bhutan , it is the sole official and national language of the Kingdom of Bhutan . The ___MASK95___ is used to write Dzongkha . The ___MASK95___ is an abugida used to write the Tibetic languages such as Tibetan , as well as Dzongkha , Sikkimese , Ladakhi , and sometimes Balti . The printed form of the alphabet is called uchen script while the hand - written cursive form used in everyday writing is called umê script . Tshangla ( / tsala / ) , also called Sharchop , is a Sino - Tibetan language of the Bodish branch closely related to the Tibetic languages and shares much vocabulary with them , particularly with Classical Tibetan . Tshangla is spoken in Eastern Bhutan and acts as a lingua franca in the country particularly among Sharchop communities . Tshangla language is the principal pre - Tibetan ( pre - Dzongkha ) people of Bhutan . Sanskrit ( English pronunciation :; written in ___MASK1___ script ; : or ', originally ', " refined speech ") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and " Mahyna " Buddhism , a philosophical language in Hinduism , Jainism , Buddhism and Sikhism . It was also a literary language that was in use as a " lingua franca " in ancient and medieval South Asia . It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo - Aryan , originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto - Indo - Iranian and Proto - Indo - European . Today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand . As one of the oldest Indo - European languages for which substantial written documentation exists , Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo - European studies . Classical Tibetan refers to the language of any text written in Tibetic after the Old Tibetan period ; though it extends from the 7th century until the modern day , it particularly refers to the language of early canonical texts translated from other languages , especially Sanskrit . The phonology implied by Classical Tibetan orthography is basically identical to the phonology of Old Tibetan , but the grammar varies greatly depending on period and geographic origin of the author . Such variation is an under - researched topic .