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Armenian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Greek  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
32  
22

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
-  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
dzongkha  
arménien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Armenians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
31  
29
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
arm  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
hye  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
hye  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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