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Dzongkha vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bhutan   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
India   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
30   
20
41   
30

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Not Available   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Adap   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
dzongkha   
pendjabi   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Modern Punjabi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
pan   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Dzongkha and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Punjabi language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Punjabi Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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