Cantonese and Dzongkha
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Bhutan
National Language
China, Guangdong
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
India
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
你好吗？
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
晚安
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
晚上好
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
下午好
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
早上好
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
I Love You
我爱你
Nga cheu lu ga
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bhutan
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
cantonais
dzongkha
German Name
Kantonesisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Ngalop people
Origin
17th century
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Dzongkha
ISO 639 1
No data available
dz
ISO 639 3
No data available
dzo
Glottocode
cant1236
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Dzongkha Speaking population
Cantonese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Dzongkha on Cantonese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Dzongkha Language Codes
Cantonese and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.