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Dzongkha vs Japanese


Japanese vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Japan  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
India  
Palau  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
14  
4

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Kana  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Kagawa  

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

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Adap  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
日本語  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
japonais  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Japanese  

Language Position
31  
29
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
jpn  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Dzongkha and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Japanese language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Japanese Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is 38 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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