Countries
Bhutan
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Assam, India
Second Language
India
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
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Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9545
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
520
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3025
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
नमस्कार
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
बोडो
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Tsip maza
दु:खित
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Lwrbw
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Laya
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
1,100.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
700.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
130,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.17 million0.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.47 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
dzongkha
bodo
German Name
Dzongkha
Bodo
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
17th Century
1913
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Dzongkha
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Language Position
3130
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
brx
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
brx
ISO 639 3
dzo
brx
ISO 639 6
dzo
brx
Glottocode
nucl1307
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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