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Dzongkha vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

Second Language
India   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
30   
20
19   
9

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Halo   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Not Available   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
maaf   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Adap   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
dzongkha   
indonésien   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
ind   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Dzongkha and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Indonesian language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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