Dhur
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| Dhur དུར་ |
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 Dhur
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| Coordinates: 27°36′N 90°39′E / 27.6°N 90.65°ECoordinates: 27°36′N 90°39′E / 27.6°N 90.65°E | |
| Country |  Bhutan |
| Dzongkhag | Bumthang District |
| Gewog | Chhoekhor Gewog |
| Time zone | BTT (UTC+6) |
Dhur or D°ur (Dzongkha: དུར་; Wylie: dur) is a town in western Chhoekhor Gewog, Bumthang District in central Bhutan.[1][2]
Dhur is the main area where Brokkat, one of the endangered languages of Bhutan, is spoken.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Chiwogs in Bumthang" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/bumthang.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
- ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ "Brokkat". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bro. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
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