Thai and Dzongkha
Countries
Thailand
Bhutan
National Language
Thailand
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
India
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Lao Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
โปรด (Pord)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Tsip maza
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Isan
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Lunana
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Bhutan
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Adap
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Bhutan
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
thaï
dzongkha
German Name
Thailändisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Ngalop people
Origin
1283 CE
17th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
thai1261
nucl1307
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Thai 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 Thai and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Thai and Dzongkha Speaking population
Thai and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % 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 Thai and Dzongkha on Thai vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Thai and Dzongkha Language Codes
Thai and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.