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Dzongkha and Ilocano


Ilocano and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
95  
39
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
20  
10

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

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  

History

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
31  
29
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
-  

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

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Dzongkha and Ilocano Speaking population

Dzongkha and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Dzongkha vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Ilocano Language Codes

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