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Catalan and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Spain  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
India  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Gràcies  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Sisplau  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Adéu  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Laya  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
català  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
dzongkha  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
32  
30
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
cat  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
cat  
dzo  

Glottocode
stan1289  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Catalan 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 Catalan and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Catalan and Dzongkha Speaking population

Catalan and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan 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 Catalan and Dzongkha on Catalan vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Dzongkha Language Codes

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