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Dzongkha and Dogri


Dogri and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Jammu and Kashmir, India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
-  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
36  
26

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
42 weeks  
16

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Ke aal aee  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
dhanwaad  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
kiyaan oo ji  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
shub ratri  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
shub ratri  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
शुभ अपराह्न  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
su prabat  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
kripya  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
changa ji pher  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
gustakhi maaf  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Jaunsari  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Kullu  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Hinduri  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
2.30 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
डोगरी  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  

French Name
dzongkha  
dogri  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Dogri  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Dogras  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1971  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Dogri  

Language Position
31  
29
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Dogri  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
doi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
doi  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
doi  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
doi  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
doi  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
indo1311  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
59-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dzongkha and Dogri Speaking population

Dzongkha and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dogri language is 0.02 %. 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 Dogri on Dzongkha vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Dogri Language Codes

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