National Language
Myanmar
Bhutan
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
India
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Thai Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Tsip maza
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Burma
Bhutan
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
birman
dzongkha
German Name
Birmanisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Ngalop people
Origin
1113 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sout3159
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese 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 Burmese and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Dzongkha Speaking population
Burmese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Dzongkha on Burmese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Dzongkha Language Codes
Burmese and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.