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Dzongkha and Albanian


Albanian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
India  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Romanian  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
30  
20
29  
19

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Not Available  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Not Available  
mirëmengjes  

Please
Not Available  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Me fal  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
3,400,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Adap  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
albanais  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Albanians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Albanian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
alb  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Dzongkha and Albanian Speaking population

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

Dzongkha and Albanian Language Codes

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