Dzongkha and Shona
Countries
Bhutan
Zimbabwe
National Language
Bhutan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Mhoro
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Manheru
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Masikati
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Mangwanani
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Tsip maza
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Bhutan
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Bhutan
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
dzongkha
shona
German Name
Dzongkha
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Shona people
Origin
17th Century
20th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1307
core1255
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Shona Speaking population
Dzongkha and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Dzongkha vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Shona Language Codes
Dzongkha and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.