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Dzongkha
Dzongkha

Malagasy
Malagasy



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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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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

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

History

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

Code

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

-
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

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Dzongkha and Malagasy Alphabets

Dzongkha and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Dzongkha and Malagasy. In Dzongkha Alphabets there are 95 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Dzongkha and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Dzongkha and Malagasy languages. The Dzongkha phonology consist Dzongkha vowels and Dzongkha consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Dzongkha greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Dzongkha and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Dzongkha and Malagasy Speaking population

Dzongkha and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Dzongkha vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Malagasy Language Codes

Dzongkha and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.