Dzongkha and Chewa
Countries
Bhutan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
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
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
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
Bye
Log Jay Gay
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Pepani
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Lunana
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Malawi, Zambia
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Malawi, Zambia
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
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Chewa
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1307
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.