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Ilocano vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
30  
20

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Agyamanak  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Kumusta?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
mangngegda  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Agpakawanak  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Pakada  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ayayatenka  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
21,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.10 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
ilokano  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
ilocano  
dzongkha  

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
18th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
94  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ilo  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
ilo  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
ilo  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
ilo  
dzo  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Ilocano and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Ilocano vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Ilocano and Dzongkha language. History of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Ilocano and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Ilocano vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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