Countries
Bhutan
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Malayalam
Derived From
Tibetan Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
95247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3018
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Tamil
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
Tsip maza
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Laya
Kongu
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Kongu
How Many People Speak
1,100.0077,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
700.0077,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
Bhutan
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
How Many People Speak
130,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
410
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %1.06 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.17 million70.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.47 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
dzongkha
tamoul
German Name
Dzongkha
Tamil
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
17th Century
300 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Modern Tamil
Language Position
3118
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
ta
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
tam
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
tam
ISO 639 3
dzo
tam
ISO 639 6
dzo
tam
Glottocode
nucl1307
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data Available
tami1289
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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