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Kashmiri vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
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
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
مهربانی کر  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Laya  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Adap  

Where They Speak
India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
kashmiri  
dzongkha  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
23  
21
31  
29

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
kas  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
kas  
dzo  

Glottocode
kash1277  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kashmiri and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Dzongkha language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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