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Dzongkha and Bengali


Bengali and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
95   
39
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
30   
20
40   
29

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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
Not Available   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Not Available   
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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Adap   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
19.00 million   
16

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
Not available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Bengali   

Language Position
Not Available   
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
ben   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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.

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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 Not Available 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

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