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Indonesian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Bhutan  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
India  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
mohon Untuk  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
maaf  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
indonésien  
dzongkha  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
56  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
ind  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
ind  
dzo  

Glottocode
indo1316  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Indonesian and Dzongkha Speaking population

Indonesian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Dzongkha on Indonesian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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