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Dzongkha
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Dzongkha Language

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Countries

Countries

Bhutan

Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Bhutan

Second Language

India

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

India

Regulated By

Dzongkha Development Commission

Interesting Facts

  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.

Similar To

Sikkimese Language

Derived From

Tibetan Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

95
Rank: 39 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

30
Rank: 20 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille

Writing Direction

-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

38 weeks
Rank: 14 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kuzoozangpo La

Thank You

Kaadinchhey La

How Are You?

Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?

Good Night

lek shom ay zim

Good Evening

ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་

Good Afternoon

ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ

Good Morning

ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ

Please

བསྐྱར་མ་

Sorry

Tsip maza

Bye

Log Jay Gay

I Love You

Nga cheu lu ga

Excuse Me

Tsip maza

Dialects

Dialect 1

Laya

Where They Speak

Bhutan

How Many People Speak

1,100.00
Rank: 89 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Lunana

Where They Speak

Bhutan

How Many People Speak

700.00
Rank: 91 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Adap

Where They Speak

Bhutan

How Many People Speak

130,000.00
Rank: 65 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.64 million
Rank: 88 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %
Rank: 58 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.17 million
Rank: 87 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.47 million
Rank: 64 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)

Alternative Names

Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar

French Name

dzongkha

German Name

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]

Ethnicity

Ngalop people

History

Origin

17th Century

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

Tibeto-Burman

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Dzongkha

Language Position

31
Rank: 29 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Dzongkha

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

dz

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dzo

ISO 639 2/B

dzo

ISO 639 3

dzo

ISO 639 6

dzo

Glottocode

nucl1307

Linguasphere

No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-

Language Morphological Typology

-

Origin of Dzongkha language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Dzongkha language is one of the Asian Languages. The origin of Dzongkha language states that it was put to use in 17th Century. The history of Dzongkha language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Dzongkha Language History. Dzongkha has no early forms. Dzongkha is the standard form of Dzongkha language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Dzongkha Language.

Dzongkha population

Dzongkha population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Dzongkha language. Dzongkha language is spoken by 0.64 million people in the world. Most of the Dzongkha population lies in the Dzongkha Speaking Countries. Dzongkha language is spoken as first language by 0.17 million people and as second language by about 0.47 million people. Get to know Dzongkha speaking population in detail.

Dzongkha writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Dzongkha writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Dzongkha language. Some languages share common writing systems. Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille script is used by Dzongkha language. Learn more about . 

Information about Dzongkha language

Check out all the information about Dzongkha language here. You may find it interesting to learn Dzongkha Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Dzongkha Speaking Countries, Dzongkha speaking continents and Dzongkha Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Dzongkha countries knowing common Dzongkha Greetings will help you in communicating with Dzongkha people.