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Abkhaz vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62   
36
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
30   
20

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
Not Available   

Please
Not Available   
Not Available   

Sorry
Not Available   
Tsip maza   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
Not available   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

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

French Name
abkhaze   
dzongkha   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
17th Century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Dzongkha   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
abk   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Abkhaz and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Dzongkha language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 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 Abkhaz and Dzongkha Language History.

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Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Dzongkha language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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