Japanese and Dzongkha
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
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Bhutan
Where They Speak
kansai
Bhutan
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
Language Family
Japonic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1643
nucl1307
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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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.
Japanese and Dzongkha Speaking population
Japanese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Dzongkha on Japanese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
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.