Countries
Bhutan
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
Bhutan
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
India
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Tsip maza
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Bangladesh, India
Where They Speak
Bhutan
India
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
dzongkha
bengali
German Name
Dzongkha
Bengali
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
17th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Bengali
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1307
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data Available
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Bengali 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 Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Bengali Speaking population
Dzongkha and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Dzongkha vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Bengali Language Codes
Dzongkha and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.