Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Selam
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Not Available
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
tschao
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
Not Available
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
amharique
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
13th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Dzongkha language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Amharic vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.