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 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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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
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?
0.64 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.17 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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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