dzong

Japanese: dzong
dzong

…They practice Hinduism or Buddhism and make up about 30% of the population. The official language is Dzongkha, a southern dialect of Tibetan spoken in the capital and surrounding areas, but it has no orthography and uses the Tibetan alphabet.
[history]
Its history before the 8th century is unclear, but according to legend, Buddhism spread from India in the mid-8th century.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "dzong" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼らはヒンドゥー教あるいは仏教を奉じ,人口の約30%を占める。公用語は首都付近で使用されるチベット語の南部方言ゾンカDzongkha語であるが,正書法はなくチベット文字を使用する。
[歴史]
 8世紀以前の歴史は不明であるが,伝承によれば8世紀中期にインドから仏教が広まったといわれる。…

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