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Dzongkha
Dzongkha

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Dzongkha and Maori

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Countries

Countries

Bhutan
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Bhutan
New Zealand

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Dzongkha Development Commission
Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.

Similar To

Sikkimese Language
Tahitian Language

Derived From

Tibetan Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9520
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3010
9 60
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Scripts

Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

38 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kuzoozangpo La
Hello

Thank You

Kaadinchhey La
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

lek shom ay zim
Night pai

Good Evening

ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Morning pai

Please

བསྐྱར་མ་
Tēnā

Sorry

Tsip maza
Aroha mai

Bye

Log Jay Gay
poroporoaki

I Love You

Nga cheu lu ga
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

Tsip maza
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Laya
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Bhutan
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

1,100.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Lunana
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Bhutan
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

700.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Adap
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Bhutan
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

130,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.64 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.17 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.47 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
New Zealand Maori

French Name

dzongkha
maori

German Name

Dzongkha
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Ngalop people
Māori people

History

Origin

17th Century
1814

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
Polynesian

Branch

Tibeto-Burman
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Dzongkha
Maori

Language Position

3126
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Dzongkha
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

dz
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dzo
mri

ISO 639 2/B

dzo
mao

ISO 639 3

dzo
mri

ISO 639 6

dzo
mri

Glottocode

nucl1307
maor1246

Linguasphere

No data Available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
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Language Morphological Typology

-
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Dzongkha and Maori Alphabets

Dzongkha and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Dzongkha and Maori. In Dzongkha Alphabets there are 95 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Dzongkha and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Dzongkha and Maori 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 Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Dzongkha and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Dzongkha and Maori Speaking population

Dzongkha and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. 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 Maori on Dzongkha vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Maori Language Codes

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