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Dzongkha vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bhutan   
Malaysia   

Second Language
India   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
30   
20
24   
14

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Hai   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
terima kasih   

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

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Not Available   
sila   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
maaf   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Adap   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Not Available   

French Name
dzongkha   
malais   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
may   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Dzongkha and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Malaysian language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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