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Dzongkha and English


English and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Bhutan   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
India   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
India   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
30   
20
21   
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Hello   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
How are you?   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Good Morning   

Please
Not Available   
Please   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Sorry   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Bye   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
American English   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Adap   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
English   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Not Available   

French Name
dzongkha   
anglais   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
eng   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Dzongkha and English Speaking population

Dzongkha and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and English languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Dzongkha vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and English Language Codes

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