Dzongkha and Sinhalese
Countries
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Second Language
India
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Tsip maza
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Lunana
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Bhutan
-
Dialect 3
Adap
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Bhutan
-
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
dzongkha
singhalais
German Name
Dzongkha
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1307
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Dzongkha and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Sinhalese Speaking population
Dzongkha and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Dzongkha vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Sinhalese Language Codes
Dzongkha and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.