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Dzongkha vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Vietnam  

Second Language
India  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Cam on  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Lunana  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Adap  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
dzongkha  
vietnamien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
31  
29
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
vie  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
vie  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
vie  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Dzongkha and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Vietnamese language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is 38 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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