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Abkhaz and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
62  
36
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
30  
20

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
амритана  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
-  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
abkhaze  
dzongkha  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
17th Century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
28  
26
31  
29

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
abk  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
abks  
dzo  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Abkhaz and Dzongkha Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Abkhaz and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Abkhaz and Dzongkha Speaking population

Abkhaz and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Abkhaz and Dzongkha on Abkhaz vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Dzongkha Language Codes

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