Countries
Bhutan
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9521
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3020
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Salama!
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Misaotra
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Alina tsara
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Maraina tsara
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
azafady
Sorry
Tsip maza
Miala tsiny
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Veloma!
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Azafady
Dialect 1
Laya
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Merina
How Many People Speak
1,100.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
700.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bhutan
-
How Many People Speak
130,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.17 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.47 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
dzongkha
malgache
German Name
Dzongkha
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Malagasy people
Origin
17th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Austronesian
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
standard Malagasy
Language Position
3184
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
dz
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
mlg
ISO 639 3
dzo
mlg
ISO 639 6
dzo
mlg
Glottocode
nucl1307
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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