Assamese and Dzongkha
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
India
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
nomoskaar
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
subhoraattri
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
suprobhaat
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
anugroha kori
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
Tsip maza
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Lunana
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Assam
Bhutan
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
assamais
dzongkha
German Name
Assamesisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Ngalop people
Origin
7th century A.D
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Indic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Kamarupa
No early forms
Standard Forms
Assamese
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Signed Assamese
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
assa1263
nucl1307
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Assamese 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 Assamese and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Assamese and Dzongkha Speaking population
Assamese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % 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 Assamese and Dzongkha on Assamese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Dzongkha Language Codes
Assamese and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.