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Dzongkha vs Arabic


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
28  
10
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
700.00  
99+

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
26  
22
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
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  

History

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
25  
21
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Arabic and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Dzongkha language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Dzongkha Language History.

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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.

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