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Slovak and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
India  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Czech Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
38  
27
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Prosím  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
slovaque  
dzongkha  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
6th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
27  
25
31  
29

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
slk  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
slk  
dzo  

Glottocode
slov1269  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Slovak and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Slovak and Dzongkha Language Codes

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