Dzongkha and Konkani
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 in
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Dis Borem Zavonn
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
upkar korxi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Goa
Dialect 2
Lunana
Not present
Where They Speak
Bhutan
-
Dialect 3
Adap
Not present
Where They Speak
Bhutan
-
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
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Konkanis
Origin
17th Century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Kokani
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
Glottocode
nucl1307
goan1235
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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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.
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 0.07 % 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
Dzongkha and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.