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Dzongkha vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
13  
10

How Many Consonants
30  
20
20  
10

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
dzongkha  
mongol  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Mongols  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
-  
Mongolian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
31  
29
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
mon  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
mon  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
mon  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dzongkha and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Mongolian language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

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Dzongkha and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Mongolian language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dzongkha vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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