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Dzongkha and Malagasy


Malagasy and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
20  
10

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
30 weeks  
10

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
1,100.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
-  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

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
31  
29
84  
99+

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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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.

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Dzongkha and Malagasy Speaking population

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