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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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