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Burmese vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
India  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
30  
20

Scripts
Tangut  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Not Available  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Not Available  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
Not Available  

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
birman  
dzongkha  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
43  
32
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
mya  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Burmese and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Dzongkha language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD 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 Burmese and Dzongkha Language History.

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Burmese 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 Burmese and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Dzongkha language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Burmese vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese 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 Burmese and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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