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Dzongkha and Meithei


Meithei and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
15  
5

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Saobiganu  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
dzongkha  
Meithei  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1700  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
31  
29
38  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
mni  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
mni  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
mni  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dzongkha and Meithei Speaking population

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

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