Dzongkha and Khasi
Countries
Bhutan
Meghalaya
National Language
Bhutan
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
India
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
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Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
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Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
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Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Kumno
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Khublei
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
thia sukh
Good Evening
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babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
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babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
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khublei
Please
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Sngewbha
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
map a nga
Where They Speak
Bhutan
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How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Bhutan
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How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Adap
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Bhutan
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Total No. Of Dialects
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Speaking Population
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
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Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
dzongkha
khasi
German Name
Dzongkha
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Khasi people
Origin
17th Century
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Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Tibeto-Burman
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Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Khasi
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nucl1307
khas1269
Linguasphere
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Khasi 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 Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Khasi Speaking population
Dzongkha and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. 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 Khasi on Dzongkha vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Khasi Language Codes
Dzongkha and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.