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Dzongkha and Madurese


Madurese and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Kangean  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Bawean  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Adap  
Bangkalan  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.23 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

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  

History

Origin
17th Century  
8th Century AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Madurese  

Language Position
31  
29
69  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Madurese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
madu1247  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dzongkha and Madurese Speaking population

Dzongkha and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Dzongkha vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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