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Dzongkha and Oriya


Oriya and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
30  
20
31  
21

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Adap  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
dzongkha  
oriya  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Odias  

History

Origin
17th Century  
3 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
31  
29
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
ori  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
ori  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
ori  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dzongkha and Oriya Speaking population

Dzongkha and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Dzongkha vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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