Khasi and Dzongkha
Countries
Meghalaya
Bhutan
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bhutan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
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India
Regulated By
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Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Hello
Kumno
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Khublei
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
thia sukh
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
babha janmiet
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
khublei
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
I Love You
ieit ieit
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
map a nga
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
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Bhutan
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Lunana
Where They Speak
-
Bhutan
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Adap
Where They Speak
-
Bhutan
Native Name
Ka Ktien
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
khasi
dzongkha
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Ngalop people
Origin
1200 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
dz
Glottocode
khas1269
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi 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 Khasi and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Dzongkha Speaking population
Khasi and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Dzongkha on Khasi vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Dzongkha Language Codes
Khasi and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.