Countries
Bhutan
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
United States of America
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Apache Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9536
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3034
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 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
Tsip maza
Nízhdził
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Laya
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Arizona
How Many People Speak
1,100.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Bhutan
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
700.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Utah
How Many People Speak
130,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.17 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.47 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Navaho
French Name
dzongkha
navaho
German Name
Dzongkha
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Navajo people
Origin
17th Century
1500 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
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Athapascan
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Navajo
Language Position
3129
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
nav
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
nav
ISO 639 3
dzo
nav
ISO 639 6
dzo
nav
Glottocode
nucl1307
nava1243
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic