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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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