Countries
Bhutan
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
India
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Tamil
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9560
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
519
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3041
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Telugu Script
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
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Tsip maza
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
బై (Bai)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Laya
Waddar
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
1,100.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Chenchu
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
700.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
130,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
438
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %1.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.17 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.47 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
dzongkha
télougou
German Name
Dzongkha
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Telugu people
Origin
17th Century
c. 575
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Telugu
Language Position
3115
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
tel
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
tel
ISO 639 3
dzo
tel
ISO 639 6
dzo
tel
Glottocode
nucl1307
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-