Dzongkha and Amharic
Countries
Bhutan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Bhutan
Ethiopia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Selam
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Dehna dur
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
i'ndemin adäru
Sorry
Tsip maza
aznallehu
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
yiqirta
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Gondar
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Ethiopia
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Ethiopia
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
dzongkha
amharique
German Name
Dzongkha
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Amharas
Origin
17th Century
13th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Ethiopic
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1307
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Dzongkha and Amharic 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 Dzongkha and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Amharic Speaking population
Dzongkha and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Dzongkha and Amharic on Dzongkha vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Amharic Language Codes
Dzongkha and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.