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Assamese and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
India   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
30   
20

Scripts
Bengali   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
Not Available   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
Not Available   

Please
anugroha kori   
Not Available   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
Tsip maza   

Bye
biḍai   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Assam   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
assamais   
dzongkha   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
65   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
asm   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Assamese and Dzongkha Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Assamese and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Dzongkha Speaking population

Assamese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Assamese and Dzongkha on Assamese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Dzongkha Language Codes

Assamese and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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