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Dzongkha and Filipino


Filipino and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Second Language
India  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
23  
13

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Kumusta  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Kumusta  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Magandang umaga  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Paalam  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
100,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
8,200,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Adap  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
2,600,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.74 %  
11

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Pilipino  

French Name
dzongkha  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Filipino people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Filipino  

Language Position
31  
29
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Filipino Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
fil  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
fil  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
fil  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dzongkha and Filipino Speaking population

Dzongkha and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Dzongkha vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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