Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Bhutan
Second Language
Indonesia
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
India
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2695
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2430
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
terima kasih
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
sila
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
maaf
Tsip maza
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Laya
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Lunana
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
30,000.00700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Adap
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
244
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million0.64 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
malais
dzongkha
German Name
Malaiisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Ngalop people
Origin
c. 683 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Dzongkha
Language Position
5431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
may
dzo
ISO 639 3
zsm
dzo
ISO 639 6
may
dzo
Glottocode
stan1306
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-