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Dzongkha and Assamese


Assamese and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
95   
39
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
30   
20
41   
30

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Assam   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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

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