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Dzongkha vs Greek


Greek vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bhutan   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
India   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
30   
20
17   
7

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
Not Available   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Adap   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
dzongkha   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
gre   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Dzongkha and Greek Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Greek language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Greek Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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