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Dzongkha vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Second Language
India  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
16  
6

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Hoy  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Palihug  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Babay  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Adap  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
dzongkha  
cebuano  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
31  
29
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
ceb  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dzongkha and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Cebuano language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. 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 Cebuano Language History.

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Dzongkha and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Cebuano language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dzongkha vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is 38 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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