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Sanskrit and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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

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

Alphabets
52  
31
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
30  
20

Scripts
Devanagari  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Laya  

Where They Speak
-  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
-  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Adap  

Where They Speak
-  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
0.47 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
23  
21
31  
29

Signed Forms
-  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
san  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
san  
dzo  

Glottocode
sans1269  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

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.

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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.

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