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Dogri vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
India  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
30  
20

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
shub ratri  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
su prabat  
Not Available  

Please
kripya  
Not Available  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
Tsip maza  

Bye
changa ji pher  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
35
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Adap  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
डोगरी  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
dogri  
dzongkha  

German Name
Dogri  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
1971  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Dogri  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
doi  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1311  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Dogri and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Dogri vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Dogri and Dzongkha language. History of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971 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 Dogri and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Dogri vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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