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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Scripts
Arabic
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
أحبك
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Lunana
Where They Speak
Sudan
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
nucl1307
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic 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 Arabic and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Dzongkha language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Arabic vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.