Dzongkha Keyboard and dz-BT locale in Windows 10

Microsoft added the Dzongkha keyboard Layout and the dz-BT Locale in their latest OS
Windows 10, which was launched on 29th July, 2015. The official Dzongkha keyboard layout
and the dz-BT were provided to the Microsoft by the Dzongkha Development Commission.

Unlike in earlier versions of Windows, users will no more have to install the Dzongkha
keyboard and the locale separately.

The users will now be able to add Dzongkha as a language with official Dzongkha keyboard.
Text typed in Dzongkha will now be tagged as Dzongkha text unlike as Tibetan in Windows
7 and 8 and Iscelandic in Windows XP.

With dz-BT locale included, the users now will be able to change the formats of date and
time, numbers and currency.

How to add the Dzongkha language and Dzongkha keyboard

Uninstall the Dzongkha keyboard if you have installed it before upgrading to Windows 10
and follow the following steps to add Dzongkha keyboard on your computer.

1. Click on the windows start menu and then on the settings.

2. On the settings page, click on Time & language section.

3. Once you are on Time and Language page, click on Region & language menu. You
can select Bhutan as the country from the dropdown.

4. Next click on + button to add a language.

5. Scroll through the list to find Dzongkha and click on it to add it.
6. Next click on Options button to be able to add the Dzongkha keyboard.

7. Click on + button to add a keyboard and click on Dzongkha from the list. With this
you will have Dzongkha keyboard set for Dzongkha input.

8. If you do more works in Dzongkha then English, you may set the Dzongkha keyboard
as default.

9. You will now be able to select Dzongkha keyboard by clicking on the Keyboard bar
at the bottom right of the screen. You can also use keyboard short cut Shift+Alt (this
is default keyboard shortcut) to switch the keyboards.
 Formatting dates, time, number and currency using dz-BT locale
Follow the following steps to format date, time, number and currency.
1. Click on the windows start menu and then on the settings.

2. On the settings page, click on Time & language section.

3. Once you are on Time and Language page, click on Date & time and select Dhaka
for (UTC+06:00) Dhaka for Time zone.
4. Scroll down to the related settings and Click on Additional date, time & regional
setting.

5. Clock, Language and Region page will pop-up. Click on change date, time or
number formats.

6. Choose Dzongkha (Bhutan) from the list and then click on additional settings.
You can also change date and time formats as desired.
7. Select ༠༡༢༣༤༥༦༧༨༩ for standard digits. Then click on apply and ok button.

8. Click on location’s tab and select Bhutan as the Home location. You can then
click on ok.
9. Now the dates, numbers and time will be displayed accordingly.