Countries
Bhutan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
India, Pakistan
Second Language
India
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9553
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3041
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Tsip maza
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Laya
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,100.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
700.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Doabi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
130,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
430
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.17 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.47 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
dzongkha
pendjabi
German Name
Dzongkha
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Punjabis
Origin
17th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
3123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
dz
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
pan
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
pan
ISO 639 3
dzo
pan
ISO 639 6
dzo
panj
Glottocode
nucl1307
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional