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Dzongkha vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
India   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
30   
20

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Not Available   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Not Available   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Tsip maza   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Laya   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Wu   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Yue   
Adap   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
chinois   
dzongkha   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
zho   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Dzongkha language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Chinese vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Chinese vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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