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Dzongkha and Konkani


Konkani and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bhutan   
India   

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   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
30   
20
36   
26

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Not Available   
Chike   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Maf kor   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Adeus   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
dzongkha   
konkani   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
kok   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Dzongkha and Konkani Speaking population

Dzongkha and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Dzongkha vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Konkani Language Codes

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