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Dzongkha and Amharic


Amharic and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
95  
39
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
30  
20
31  
21

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
aznallehu  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
tschao  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Adap  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
17th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Amharic  

Language Position
31  
29
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
amh  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
amh  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
amh  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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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.

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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.

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