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Portuguese vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

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

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

Alphabets
95  
39
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
30  
20
19  
9

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Olá  

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  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
pesaroso  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
tchau  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Lunana  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Adap  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

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  

History

Origin
17th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Portuguese  

Language Position
31  
29
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
por  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
por  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
por  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dzongkha and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Portuguese language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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