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Dzongkha vs Irish


Irish vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Ireland  

Second Language
India  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
13  
3

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Slán  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
1.65 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
dzongkha  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Irish people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 750  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
31  
29
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
gle  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
gle  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
gle  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Dzongkha and Irish Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Irish language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Irish Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Irish Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is 38 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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