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Dzongkha and Maithili


Maithili and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
India  
Nepal  

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
30  
20
22  
12

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
pranam  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Suprabhaat  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
kripaya  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
maf karai  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
North India  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Adap  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
dzongkha  
maithili  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
17th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
31  
29
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
mai  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
mai  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
mai  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
mait1250  

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

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Dzongkha and Maithili Speaking population

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