Dzongkha and Cantonese
Countries
Bhutan
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Bhutan
China, Guangdong
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Hawaii
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
谢谢
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
你好吗？
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
晚安
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
晚上好
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
下午好
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
早上好
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
我爱你
Where They Speak
Bhutan
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Hong Kong
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
dzongkha
cantonais
German Name
Dzongkha
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Han Chinese
Origin
17th Century
17th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
ISO 639 3
dzo
No data available
Glottocode
nucl1307
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Cantonese Speaking population
Dzongkha and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Dzongkha vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Cantonese Language Codes
Dzongkha and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.