1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Bhutan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Tibetan Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
lek shom ay zim
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Not Available
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
Not Available
Mihrabani kan
3.9 Sorry
Tsip maza
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,100.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
700.001,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.64 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.17 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
19th Century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
58-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available