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Malaysian vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs 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
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
38 weeks  
14

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  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Bhutan  

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

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
0.47 million  
99+

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  

History

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
54  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

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
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  
-  

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Malaysian and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Dzongkha language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.

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