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Dzongkha and Arabic


Arabic and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Bhutan  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
30  
20
28  
18

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Not Available  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Not Available  
صباح الخير  

Please
Not Available  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
آسف  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
وداعا  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Adap  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
Not Available  
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
dzongkha  
arabe  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
17th Century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
Not Available  
25  
21

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
ara  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Dzongkha and Arabic Speaking population

Dzongkha and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Dzongkha vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Arabic Language Codes

Dzongkha and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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