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Dzongkha and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Lithuania  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Poland  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
95  
39
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
20  
10

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Labas rytas  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Prašom  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Ate  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
dzongkha  
lituanien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
31  
29
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
lit  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
lit  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
lit  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Dzongkha and Lithuanian Speaking population

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