Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Not Available
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
آسف
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
arabe
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
512 CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available