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Dogri and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
30  
20

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks  
16
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
shub ratri  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
शुभ अपराह्न  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
su prabat  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
kripya  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
Tsip maza  

Bye
changa ji pher  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Adap  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.30 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
डोगरी  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
dogri  
dzongkha  

German Name
Dogri  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
1971  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
32  
30
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Dogri  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
doi  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
doi  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
doi  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
doi  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
doi  
dzo  

Glottocode
indo1311  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
59-AAA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dogri and Dzongkha Speaking population

Dogri and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dogri and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Dogri and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dogri language is 0.02 % 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 Dogri and Dzongkha on Dogri vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dogri and Dzongkha Language Codes

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