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Dzongkha
Dzongkha

Chewa
Chewa



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Dzongkha and Chewa

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Countries

Countries

Bhutan
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Bhutan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

India
Zambia

Regulated By

Dzongkha Development Commission
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Interesting Facts

  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Sikkimese Language
Zulu language

Derived From

Tibetan Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9531
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3018
9 60
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Scripts

Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

38 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kuzoozangpo La
Moni

Thank You

Kaadinchhey La
Zikomo

How Are You?

Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

lek shom ay zim
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Masana abwino

Good Morning

ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
M'mawa wabwino

Please

བསྐྱར་མ་
Chonde

Sorry

Tsip maza
pepani

Bye

Log Jay Gay
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Nga cheu lu ga
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Tsip maza
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Laya
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Bhutan
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

1,100.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Lunana
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Bhutan
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

700.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Adap
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Bhutan
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

130,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

45
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.64 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.17 million12.00 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)
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

dzongkha
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Dzongkha
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Ngalop people
Chewa people

History

Origin

17th Century
15th Century

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

Tibeto-Burman
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Dzongkha
Chewa

Language Position

3127
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Dzongkha
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

dz
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dzo
nya

ISO 639 2/B

dzo
nya

ISO 639 3

dzo
nya

ISO 639 6

dzo
nya

Glottocode

nucl1307
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Dzongkha and Chewa Alphabets

Dzongkha and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Dzongkha and Chewa. In Dzongkha Alphabets there are 95 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Dzongkha and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Dzongkha and Chewa languages. The Dzongkha phonology consist Dzongkha vowels and Dzongkha consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Dzongkha greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Dzongkha and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Dzongkha and Chewa 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 Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Dzongkha and Chewa Speaking population

Dzongkha and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Dzongkha vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Chewa Language Codes

Dzongkha and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.