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Marwari and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Rajastan, India  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
30  
20

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
khammaghani  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
kirpa  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
Tsip maza  

Bye
bye  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Laya  

Where They Speak
India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
33
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
31
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Adap  

Where They Speak
India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Marwari  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
marvari  
dzongkha  

German Name
Marwari  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
16  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marwari  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
72  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
mwr  
dzo  

Glottocode
raja1256  
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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All Marwari 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 Marwari and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Marwari and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marwari are spoken in different Marwari Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marwari vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marwari dialects include: Jogi, Bagri. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Marwari and Dzongkha Speaking population

Marwari and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marwari and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Marwari and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 % 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 Marwari and Dzongkha on Marwari vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marwari and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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