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Albanian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
India   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
India   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Not Available   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Not Available   

Please
Ju lutem   
Not Available   

Sorry
Me fal   
Tsip maza   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
albanais   
dzongkha   

German Name
Albanisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Dzongkha   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Albanian and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Albanian and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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