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Dzongkha vs Russian


Russian vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Bhutan   
Russia   

Second Language
India   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
30   
20
21   
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Not Available   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Russki   

French Name
dzongkha   
russe   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Russians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
rus   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Dzongkha and Russian Language History

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

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

Dzongkha vs Russian Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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