Sanskrit and Dzongkha
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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Old German Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Tsip maza
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Not present
Laya
Where They Speak
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Bhutan
Dialect 2
Not present
Lunana
Where They Speak
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Bhutan
Dialect 3
Not present
Adap
Where They Speak
-
Bhutan
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
sanskrit
dzongkha
German Name
Sanskrit
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Ngalop people
Origin
2000 B.C.
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Indic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
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Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sans1269
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sanskrit and Dzongkha Speaking population
Sanskrit and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Dzongkha on Sanskrit vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Dzongkha Language Codes
Sanskrit and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.