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Dzongkha and Bodo


Bodo and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Assam, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Assam, India  

Second Language
India  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
-  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
30  
20
25  
15

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

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)  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1913  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
-  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
-  

Language Position
31  
29
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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All Dzongkha and Bodo 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 Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dzongkha and Bodo Speaking population

Dzongkha and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 %. 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 Bodo on Dzongkha vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Bodo Language Codes

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