Countries
Bhutan
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9574
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3060
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
69
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
zoo hmo
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
zoo tav su
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
thov
Sorry
Tsip maza
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Nyob zoo
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Laya
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,100.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Bhutan
China
How Many People Speak
700.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
130,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.17 million3.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.47 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Mong
French Name
dzongkha
hmong
German Name
Dzongkha
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Hmong people
Origin
17th Century
19
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Hmong
Language Position
3124
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
hmn
ISO 639 3
dzo
hmv
ISO 639 6
dzo
hmn
Glottocode
nucl1307
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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