Countries
Bhutan
  
Armenian Highland
  
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 in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Not Applicable
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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