Countries
Bhutan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Philippines
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Commission on the Filipino Language
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9532
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3020
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Kablaaw
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Kumusta?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Naimbag a bigat
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
mangngegda
Sorry
Tsip maza
Agpakawanak
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Pakada
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Laya
Balangao
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,100.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
700.0041,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Not present
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Not present
How Many People Speak
130,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.17 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
dzongkha
ilocano
German Name
Dzongkha
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Ilocano people
Origin
17th Century
18th 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
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
3194
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
ilo
ISO 639 3
dzo
ilo
ISO 639 6
dzo
ilo
Glottocode
nucl1307
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data Available
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-