Countries
Bhutan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Iran
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9534
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3026
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Salam
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
chone tao?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
jawáin shap
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
jawáin sawáh
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Tsip maza
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Log Jay Gay
bye
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Laya
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,100.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Lunana
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
700.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Adap
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
130,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.17 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Baluchi
French Name
dzongkha
baloutchi
German Name
Dzongkha
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
17th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Balochi
Language Position
3139
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
bal
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
bal
ISO 639 3
dzo
bal
ISO 639 6
dzo
bal
Glottocode
nucl1307
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-