Countries
Bhutan
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9527
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3021
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Halo
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
piye kabare?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Sugeng énjing
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
tolong
Sorry
Tsip maza
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Pamit
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Laya
Kangean
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,100.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Bawean
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
700.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
130,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.17 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.47 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
dzongkha
madourais
German Name
Dzongkha
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Madurese
Origin
17th Century
8th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Madurese
Language Position
3169
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
mad
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
mad
ISO 639 3
dzo
mad
ISO 639 6
dzo
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Glottocode
nucl1307
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
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