Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
France, Spain
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Spanish
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2795
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2130
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks38 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kaixo
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Gabon
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Egun on
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
Mesedez
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Barkatu
Tsip maza
Bye
Agur
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Laya
Where They Speak
France
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
68,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Lunana
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
8,700.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Adap
Where They Speak
Spain
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
750,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
basque
dzongkha
German Name
Baskisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Ngalop people
Origin
c. 1000
17th Century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Dzongkha
Language Position
3031
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
baq
dzo
ISO 639 3
eus
dzo
ISO 639 6
eus
dzo
Glottocode
basq1248
nucl1307
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-