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Dzongkha and Sinhalese History


Sinhalese and Dzongkha Language History


History

Origin
17th Century  
3  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
31  
29
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Dzongkha and Sinhalese

The Early forms of Dzongkha and Sinhalese explains the evolution of Dzongkha and Sinhalese languages which is under Dzongkha and Sinhalese history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Dzongkha and Sinhalese history we will understand how the Dzongkha and Sinhalese languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Dzongkha: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Sinhalese: Sinhalese Prakrit.
  • Standard forms of Dzongkha: Dzongkha.
  • Standard forms of Sinhalese: Modern Sinhalese.
  • Signed forms of Dzongkha: Signed Dzongkha
  • Signed forms of Sinhalese: Signed Dzongkha

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Dzongkha and Sinhalese Language Family

In Dzongkha and Sinhalese history, you will get to know about Dzongkha and Sinhalese language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Dzongkha is a part of Sino-Tibetan Family while Sinhalese is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Dzongkha is and Tibeto-Burman resp. The subgroup and branch of Sinhalese is Indo-Iranian and Indic resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Dzongkha and Sinhalese language on Dzongkha vs Sinhalese alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Dzongkha vs Sinhalese Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Dzongkha vs Sinhalese language rank. Dzongkha and Sinhalese history gives you Dzongkha and Sinhalese language rank. The Dzongkha language rank is 31. And Sinhalese language rank is 70. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Dzongkha vs Sinhalese.

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