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Cebuano and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Philippines  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Hiligaynon Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Island of Cebu  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks  
1
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Hoy  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Salamat  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Maayong Gabii  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Palihug  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Ikasubo ko  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Babay  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Bohol  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
28
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kana  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
southern Leyte  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
North Kana  
Adap  

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million  
35
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Visayan  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
cebuano  
dzongkha  

German Name
Cebuano  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Cebuano people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
16th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
62  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
ceb  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
ceb  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
ceb  
dzo  

Glottocode
cebu1242  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Cebuano and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Cebuano and Dzongkha Language Codes

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