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Dzongkha vs Marwari


Marwari vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Rajastan, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Rajastan, India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Nepal, Pakistan  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Gujarati Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
30  
20
32  
22

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari  

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  
khammaghani  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
dhanyavaad  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Kikan ho sa?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
shubh raatri  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Shubh Honjh  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Shubh Befar  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Shubh Havar  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
kirpa  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Maaf Karo  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
bye  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
main tanne pyaar karoon  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
maaf karo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Jogi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
14,000,000.00  
33

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Bagri  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
14,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Adap  
Dhundhari  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
14.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Marwari  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  

French Name
dzongkha  
marvari  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Marwari  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Marwari or Marwadi  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Marwari  

Language Position
31  
29
72  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
mwr  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
mwr  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
mwr  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
mwr  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
raja1256  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dzongkha and Marwari Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Marwari language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Marwari language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Marwari Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Marwari Difficulty

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

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