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Georgian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
géorgien  
dzongkha  

German Name
Georgisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
5th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
120  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
kat  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
kat  
dzo  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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All Georgian and Dzongkha Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Georgian and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Georgian and Dzongkha Speaking population

Georgian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Georgian and Dzongkha on Georgian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Dzongkha Language Codes

Georgian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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