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Malaysian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

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   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Not Available   

Please
sila   
Not Available   

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Musi   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
malais   
dzongkha   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
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
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Dzongkha Speaking population

Malaysian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available. 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 Malaysian and Dzongkha on Malaysian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Dzongkha Language Codes

Malaysian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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