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Slovene and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
India  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Serbo-Croatian  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Hvala  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
lek shom ay zim  

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

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Prosim  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Resian  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Slovenščina  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
slovène  
dzongkha  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
972-1093  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
28  
26
31  
29

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
slv  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
slv  
dzo  

Glottocode
slov1268  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Slovene and Dzongkha Speaking population

Slovene and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 % 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 Slovene and Dzongkha on Slovene vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovene and Dzongkha Language Codes

Slovene and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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