Countries
Bhutan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Bhutan
Portugal
Second Language
India
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
India
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
obrigado
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Como você está?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
boa noite
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
boa Tarde
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
bom Dia
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
Por Favor
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Laya
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Brazil
Dialect 2
Lunana
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Portugal
Dialect 3
Adap
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Daman and Diu
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Português
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Português
French Name
dzongkha
portugais
German Name
Dzongkha
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
17th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1307
port1283
Linguasphere
No data Available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Dzongkha and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Portuguese language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is 38 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.