Countries
Bhutan
India, Pakistan
National Language
Bhutan
India, Pakistan
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
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Hach ch'i
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Tsip maza
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Laya
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Bhutan
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Where They Speak
Bhutan
India
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
dzongkha
kashmiri
German Name
Dzongkha
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
17th Century
12th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Kashmiri
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1307
kash1277
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Kashmiri Speaking population
Dzongkha and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 %. 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 Kashmiri on Dzongkha vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Kashmiri Language Codes
Dzongkha and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.