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Dzongkha and Tulu


Tulu and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
95  
39
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
30  
20
35  
25

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
yedde kaande  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Barpe  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
dzongkha  
-  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
17th Century  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Tulu  

Language Position
31  
29
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
tul  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
tcy  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Dzongkha and Tulu 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 Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dzongkha and Tulu Speaking population

Dzongkha and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 %. 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 Tulu on Dzongkha vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Tulu Language Codes

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