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Dzongkha vs Sundanese


Sundanese vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
West Java  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

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  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Madurese and Malay Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
16  
6

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin, Sundanese  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Halo  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Nuhun  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Kumaha kabarna?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Wilujeng kulem  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Wilujeng wengi  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Wilujeng siang  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Wilujeng énjing  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Mangga  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Hapunten  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Wilujeng angkat  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Punten  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Banten  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Adap  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
39.00 million  
22

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Basa Sunda  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
soundanais  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Sundanesisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  

History

Origin
17th Century  
5th century AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Sundanese  

Language Position
31  
29
42  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Sundanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
su  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
sun  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
sun  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
sun  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
sun  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
sund1251  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dzongkha and Sundanese Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Sundanese language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Sundanese language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century 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 Sundanese Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Sundanese Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is 38 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is 40 weeks.

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