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Japanese and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
India  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
30  
20

Scripts
Kana  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Bhutan  

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

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Adap  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

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

French Name
japonais  
dzongkha  

German Name
Japanisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
1185  
17th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
8  
8
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
dzo  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Japanese and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Japanese and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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