Dzongkha Development Commission

{{Short description|Government agency of Bhutan}} {{Infobox organization | name = {{nowrap|Dzongkha Development Commission}} | native_name = རྫོང་ཁ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཚོགས | native_name_lang = dz | image = DDC-Office-Thimphu.JPG | caption = Office of the Dzongkha Development Commission in Kawangjangtsa, [[Thimphu]] | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | abbreviation = DDC | formation = 1968 | founder = [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]] | type = [[List of language regulators|Language regulator]] | headquarters = [[Thimphu]], [[Bhutan]] | coordinates = {{coord|27|29|00|N|89|37|56|E}} | language = [[Dzongkha]] | owner =  | secretary_general = | leader_title = | leader_name = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | budget = | budget_year = | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | slogan = | mission = | website = {{URL|http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/}} }} {{Contains special characters|Tibetan}} The '''Dzongkha Development Commission''' (<span lang="dz">རྫོང་ཁ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཚོགས</span>; '''DDC''') is the pre-eminent body on matters pertaining to the [[Dzongkha|Dzongkha language]]. The DDC was officially established in 1986 by [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], the fourth king of [[Bhutan]], to preserve and promote the use of Dzongkha as the national language of Bhutan. The DDC offices are now located in the Kawajangtsa area of [[Thimphu]], close to the [[National Library of Bhutan]] and the Ministry of Education.

The Dzongkha Development Commission consists of two parts: the Commission itself having nine eminent members (or commissioners) chaired by the [[List of Prime Ministers of Bhutan|Prime Minister of Bhutan]]; and the DDC Secretariat which carries out the day-to-day work of the commission.

The body has the task of acting as an official authority on the language. It is charged with promoting the use of Dzongkha; researching and publishing official dictionaries and grammar of the language; developing new lexical terminology; and developing software and fonts to support the language.

==See also== * [[Dzongkha language]] * [[Roman Dzongkha]]

==External links== * [http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/index.en.php Dzongkha Development Commission] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150403063354/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/online/PDF/National%20Policy%20and%20Strategy%20of%20Dzongkha%20%28web%29.pdf Bhutan National Policy and Strategy for Development and Promotion of Dzongkha]

[[Category:Dzongkha language]] [[Category:Government commissions of Bhutan]] [[Category:Language regulators]]