Countries
West Java
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
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
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3395
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1630
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks38 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Nuhun
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
Mangga
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Hapunten
Tsip maza
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Punten
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Laya
Where They Speak
Banten
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Lunana
Where They Speak
Bogor
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Adap
Where They Speak
Bandung
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
soundanais
dzongkha
German Name
Sundanesisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Ngalop people
Origin
5th century AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Dzongkha
Language Position
4231
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
sun
dzo
ISO 639 3
sun
dzo
ISO 639 6
sun
dzo
Glottocode
sund1251
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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