Countries
Bhutan
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
India
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
India
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9527
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3023
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Hola
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Gràcies
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Com estàs?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Bona nit
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Bona tarda
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Bon dia
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sisplau
Sorry
Tsip maza
Perdó!
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Adéu
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Laya
Caló
Where They Speak
Bhutan
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
1,100.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Lunana
Valencian
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Spain
How Many People Speak
700.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Adap
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Spain
How Many People Speak
130,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.17 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
català
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
dzongkha
catalan; valencien
German Name
Dzongkha
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Catalan people
Origin
17th Century
c. 1028
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
3132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
cat
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
cat
ISO 639 3
dzo
cat
ISO 639 6
dzo
cat
Glottocode
nucl1307
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data Available
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-