Dzongkha is a Central Bodish language[REF] with approximately 160,000 speakers as of 2006 [REF].
The Lakha (8,000 speakers) and Brokkat languages (300 speakers) in Central Bhutan, as well as the Brokpa language (5,000 speakers) in far Eastern Bhutan, are also grouped by Van Driem (1993) into Central Bodish.