Basque and Dzongkha
Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Bhutan
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
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
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
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Laya
Where They Speak
France
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Souletin
Lunana
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Spain
Bhutan
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
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Glottocode
basq1248
nucl1307
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Basque 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 Basque and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Basque and Dzongkha Speaking population
Basque and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % 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 Basque and Dzongkha on Basque vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Basque and Dzongkha Language Codes
Basque and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.