Countries
Bhutan
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Turkey
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Abkhaz
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Dzongkha and Abkhaz Speaking population
Dzongkha and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz 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 Dzongkha and Abkhaz on Dzongkha vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Abkhaz Language Codes
Dzongkha and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.