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Dzongkha and Gujarati


Gujarati and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bhutan   
India   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
NA   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
30   
20
31   
21

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Not Available   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
dzongkha   
goudjrati   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
17th Century   
15   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
guj   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Dzongkha and Gujarati Speaking population

Dzongkha and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Dzongkha vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Gujarati Language Codes

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