How many people speak Tibetan and Dzongkha?

Tibetan vs Dzongkha Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Tibetan and Dzongkha, you will get to compare Tibetan vs Dzongkha speaking population. How many people speak Tibetan and Dzongkha gives you the number of people speaking Tibetan and Dzongkha in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Tibetan language is 1.20 million and number of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.64 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Tibetan is 0.05 % and speaking population of Dzongkha is 0.07 %. For more detailed difference check out Tibetan vs Dzongkha.

Tibetan native speakers vs Dzongkha native speakers

How many people speak Tibetan and Dzongkha languages tells about Tibetan native speakers vs Dzongkha native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 1.20 million people speak Tibetan as native language while 0.17 million people speak Dzongkha as native language. You can also go to Tibetan vs Dzongkha Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Tibetan and Dzongkha language. In some regions, Tibetan and Dzongkha languages are used as second language. There are 6.00 million speakers who use Tibetan as second language and 0.47 million speakers who use Dzongkha as second language.

Native Names of Tibetan and Dzongkha

Native names are used in the Tibetan and Dzongkha Speaking Countries. Both Tibetan and Dzongkha languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Tibetan and Dzongkha you will get to know the native names of Tibetan and Dzongkha languages. The native name of Tibetan is བོད་སྐད་ (pö-gay) and native name of Dzongkha is རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha). The alternative names of Tibetan and Dzongkha languages are as follows:

• Tibetan alternative names are: Bhotia, Dbus, Dbusgtsang, Phoke, Tibetan, U, Wei, Weizang, Zang
• Dzongkha alternative names are: Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar

The French name of Tibetan is tibétain whereas German name of Tibetan is Tibetisch. The German name of Dzongkha is Dzongkha whereas French name of Dzongkha is tibétain.