Countries
Bhutan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Bhutan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Habari
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Asante
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Habari gani?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Habari za asubuhi
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
tafadhali
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Samahani
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Zanzibar island
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Kilwa
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
dzongkha
swahili
German Name
Dzongkha
Swahili
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
17th Century
6th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Swahili
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
nucl1307
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Swahili Speaking population
Dzongkha and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Dzongkha vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Swahili Language Codes
Dzongkha and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.