Javanese and Dzongkha
Countries
Indonesia
Bhutan
National Language
Indonesia
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
India
Regulated By
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Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Halo
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
matur nuwun
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
matur nuwun
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Tsip maza
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Laya
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bhutan
Native Name
basa Jawa
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
javanais
dzongkha
German Name
Javanisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Ngalop people
Origin
450 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
java1253
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Dzongkha Speaking population
Javanese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Dzongkha on Javanese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Dzongkha Language Codes
Javanese and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.