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Dzongkha and Armenian


Armenian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bhutan   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Greek   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
30   
20
32   
22

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Armenian manuscript   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Not Available   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Not Applicable   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
dzongkha   
arménien   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Armenians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
late 5th century   

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   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
arm   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Dzongkha and Armenian Speaking population

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