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Basque and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Spanish   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
Gabon   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Egun on   
Not Available   

Please
Mesedez   
Not Available   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Tsip maza   

Bye
Agur   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Laya   

Where They Speak
France   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
Not available   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
basque   
dzongkha   

German Name
Baskisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
17th Century   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Dzongkha   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
eus   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Basque 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 Basque and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Basque and Dzongkha Speaking population

Basque and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available 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 Basque and Dzongkha on Basque vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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