Countries
Bhutan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Bhutan
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
سلام
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
متشکرم
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Not Available
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Not Available
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Not Available
صبح به خیر
Please
Not Available
لطفا
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Laya
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Lunana
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Adap
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
dzongkha
persan
German Name
Dzongkha
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Persian people
Origin
17th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Persian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1307
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Dzongkha and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Persian Speaking population
Dzongkha and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Dzongkha vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Persian Language Codes
Dzongkha and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.