National Language
India
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
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Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Tsip maza
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
India
Bhutan
Where They Speak
India
Bhutan
Where They Speak
India
Bhutan
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
oriya
dzongkha
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Odias
Ngalop people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Indic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
macr1269
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Oriya 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 Oriya and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oriya and Dzongkha Speaking population
Oriya and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Dzongkha on Oriya vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oriya and Dzongkha Language Codes
Oriya and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.