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Dzongkha and Indonesian


Indonesian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

Second Language
India  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
19  
9

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Halo  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
maaf  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Bahasa Melayu  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
indonésien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Indonesian  

Language Position
31  
29
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
ind  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
ind  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
ind  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Dzongkha and Indonesian Speaking population

Dzongkha and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Dzongkha vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Indonesian Language Codes

Dzongkha and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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