Welsh and Dzongkha
National Language
Wales
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
India
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
English Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
British Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Hello
Helô
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Diolch
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Nos da
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Bore da
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Tsip maza
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Laya
Where They Speak
Argentina
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Lunana
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Powys
Bhutan
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
gallois
dzongkha
German Name
Kymrisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Ngalop people
Origin
9th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Brythonic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
wels1247
nucl1307
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data Available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Welsh 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 Welsh and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Dzongkha Speaking population
Welsh and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % 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 Welsh and Dzongkha on Welsh vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Dzongkha Language Codes
Welsh and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.