Countries
Bhutan
India, No official status
National Language
Bhutan
India
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Tsip maza
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Laya
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Dialect 2
Lunana
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 3
Adap
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Bhutan
India
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
dzongkha
bhojpuri
German Name
Dzongkha
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
17th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Bhojpuri
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
No data Available
Glottocode
nucl1307
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Bhojpuri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Bhojpuri Dialects are spoken in different Bhojpuri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Bhojpuri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani , Fiji Hindi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Bhojpuri Speaking population
Dzongkha and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Dzongkha vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Bhojpuri Language Codes
Dzongkha and Bhojpuri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Bhojpuri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.