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Amharic vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
30   
20

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Showa   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
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   

History

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
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Amharic and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Dzongkha language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Amharic and Dzongkha Language History.

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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.

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