Talk:Bhutanese passport

Bizarre citation
Statement: "Diplomacy and mediating were crucially important measures in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms."

Citation: https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221226/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/publications/PDF-publications/Drangtsi_Bumpa.pdf (currently online at https://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/uploads/files/publications/A_book_on_ancient_tems_and_their_later_equivalents_b15acc29b2da9f7797a0350e4a4da386.pdf)

On its face, the statement seems plausible. But as far as I can tell, the source is published by the Dzongkha Development Commission and consists of a dictionary of ancient Dzongkha terms into modern Dzongkha, with columns for བརྡ་རྙིང་། brda rnying "ancient term" and for brda gsar བརྡ་གསར། "new term". So maybe there were a lot of words about diplomacy and mediating or something, and that is supposed to be the citation? Sounds kind of like the claim that there are many Eskimo words for snow, because snow is important to their culture; maybe there's a correlation but it doesn't seem like an ideal citation.

Or maybe the citation is to the preface or ending, the only parts of the document that aren't tables of words and definitions. I can't tell what they say; for all I know they might mention diplomacy in pre-modern Bhutan chiefdoms. Do we have anyone who can read Dzongkha? 98.170.164.88 (talk) 08:45, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Image needed
An image of the official (green) passport is needed. CanonNi (talk) 00:24, 16 November 2023 (UTC)