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Dzongkha and Amharic


Amharic and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
95  
39
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
30  
20
31  
21

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Selam  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Not Available  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Not Available  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Not Available  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
aznallehu  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
tschao  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
dzongkha  
amharique  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
17th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Amharic  

Language Position
Not Available  
55  
40

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
amh  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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

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Dzongkha and Amharic Speaking population

Dzongkha and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Dzongkha vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Amharic Language Codes

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