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Greek and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
India  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
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
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
dzongkha  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
74  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
ell  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
ells  
dzo  

Glottocode
gree1276  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Greek 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 Greek and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Dzongkha Speaking population

Greek and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Dzongkha on Greek vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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