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Armenian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
India  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
30  
20

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Adap  

Where They Speak
-  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
arménien  
dzongkha  

German Name
Armenisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
14  
13
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
hye  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
hye  
dzo  

Glottocode
arme1241  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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All Armenian 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 Armenian and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Armenian and Dzongkha Speaking population

Armenian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % 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 Armenian and Dzongkha on Armenian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Dzongkha Language Codes

Armenian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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