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Balochi vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Iran  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  
India  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
30  
20

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
Tsip maza  

Bye
bye  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
بلوچی  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

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

French Name
baloutchi  
dzongkha  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
39  
36
31  
29

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
bal  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
bal  
dzo  

Glottocode
balo1260  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Balochi and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Dzongkha language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Balochi and Dzongkha Language History.

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Balochi and Dzongkha Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Balochi and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Dzongkha language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Balochi vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Balochi vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Dzongkha Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Balochi and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.

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