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Madurese vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
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
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

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
tolong  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Pamit  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
40
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Madurese  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
madourais  
dzongkha  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[madura]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
8th Century AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
69  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
mad  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
-  
dzo  

Glottocode
madu1247  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Madurese and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Dzongkha language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in 8th Century AD 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 Madurese and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Madurese vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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