Countries
Bhutan
India, Pakistan
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
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Pakistan
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Modern Punjabi
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Glottocode
nucl1307
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Dzongkha and Punjabi 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 Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Punjabi Speaking population
Dzongkha and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Dzongkha vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Punjabi Language Codes
Dzongkha and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.