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Urdu and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Pakistan  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
India  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Tsip maza  

Bye
الوداع  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Laya  

Where They Speak
India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Adap  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
اُردُو  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

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

French Name
ourdou  
dzongkha  

German Name
Urdu  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
20  
18
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
urd  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
urd  
dzo  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Urdu and Dzongkha Speaking population

Urdu and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Dzongkha on Urdu vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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