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Dzongkha vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bhutan   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
2   
1

How Many Consonants
30   
20
60   
36

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
Not Available   
Not Available   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Not Available   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Abkhazia   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Caucasus   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
dzongkha   
abkhaze   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
abk   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Dzongkha and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Abkhaz language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dzongkha and Abkhaz Language History.

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Dzongkha and Abkhaz Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dzongkha and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Abkhaz language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dzongkha vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dzongkha and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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