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Urdu vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs 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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Urdu and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Dzongkha language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Urdu and Dzongkha Language History.

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Urdu and Dzongkha Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Urdu and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Dzongkha language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Urdu vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Dzongkha Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Urdu and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.

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