Countries
Bhutan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bhutan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9524
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3021
9
60
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Habari
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Asante
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Habari gani?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Habari za asubuhi
Please
བསྐྱར་མ་
tafadhali
Sorry
Tsip maza
pole
Bye
Log Jay Gay
bye
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Samahani
Dialect 1
Laya
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
1,100.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lunana
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
700.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Adap
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
130,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million150.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.17 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
dzongkha
swahili
German Name
Dzongkha
Swahili
Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
17th Century
6th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Swahili
Language Position
3121
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
dz
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
swa
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
swa
ISO 639 3
dzo
swa
ISO 639 6
dzo
swa
Glottocode
nucl1307
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-