Countries
Bhutan
  
India
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
Not Available
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Assam
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
15.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
assamais
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Assamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dzongkha and Assamese Speaking population
Dzongkha and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Dzongkha vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Assamese Language Codes
Dzongkha and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.