Dzongkha and Kirundi
National Language
Bhutan
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, 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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Bwakeye
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Urakoze
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Mwaramutse
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Tsip maza
Ndasubiza
Bye
Log Jay Gay
N’agasaga
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Laya
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Tanzania
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Tanzania
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
dzongkha
rundi
German Name
Dzongkha
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Kirundi Sign Language
Glottocode
nucl1307
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Kirundi 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 Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Kirundi Speaking population
Dzongkha and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Kirundi on Dzongkha vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Kirundi Language Codes
Dzongkha and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.