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Sundanese and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
30  
20

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks  
15
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Banten  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
16
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
15
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
0.47 million  
99+

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  

History

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
42  
39
31  
29

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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

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Sundanese and Dzongkha Speaking population

Sundanese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Dzongkha on Sundanese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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