Countries
Bhutan
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
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Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9527
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3015
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Khurumjari
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Nongale haugatl
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Tsip maza
Saobiganu
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Chatcharage
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Laya
Loi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
1,100.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Pangal
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
700.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
130,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.17 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
dzongkha
Meithei
German Name
Dzongkha
Meithei
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Meithei people
Origin
17th Century
1700
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Meithei
Language Position
3138
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
mni
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
mni
ISO 639 3
dzo
mni
ISO 639 6
dzo
mni
Glottocode
nucl1307
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data Available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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