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Dzongkha vs Galician


Galician vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Galicia  

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  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
30  
20
19  
9

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Ola  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Grazas  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Bos días  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Por favor  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Síntoo!  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Adeus  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
dzongkha  
galicien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Galician people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Galician  

Language Position
31  
29
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
glg  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
glg  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
glg  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dzongkha and Galician Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Galician language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 Galician Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Galician Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is 38 weeks while to learn Galician time required is 28 weeks.

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