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Dzongkha and Maori


Maori and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
10  
2

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
24 weeks  
6

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
1,100.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
0.10 million  
99+

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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Maori  

Language Position
31  
29
26  
24

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
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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.

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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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