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Dzongkha vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
20  
10

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Agyamanak  

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

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
mangngegda  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Pakada  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

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

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
dzongkha  
ilocano  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
18th 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  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
31  
29
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
ilo  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dzongkha and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Ilocano language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is 38 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is 44 weeks.

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