Countries
India, Pakistan
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Bhutan
Second Language
Pakistan
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
Regulated By
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Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5395
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4130
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Tsip maza
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Laya
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Lunana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Adap
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
304
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million0.47 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
pendjabi
dzongkha
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Ngalop people
Origin
1000 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Dzongkha
Language Position
2331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
pan
dzo
ISO 639 3
pan
dzo
ISO 639 6
panj
dzo
Glottocode
panj1256
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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