Countries
Bhutan
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Ireland
Second Language
India
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
India
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9518
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3013
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
le do thoil
Sorry
Tsip maza
Tá brón orm
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Slán
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Laya
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Connacht
How Many People Speak
1,100.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Munster
How Many People Speak
700.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Ulster
How Many People Speak
130,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.17 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million1.65 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
dzongkha
irlandais moyen
German Name
Dzongkha
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Irish people
Origin
17th Century
c. 750
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
3125
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
gle
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
gle
ISO 639 3
dzo
gle
ISO 639 6
dzo
gle
Glottocode
nucl1307
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data Available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional