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Dzongkha and Basque


Basque and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
France, Spain  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Spanish  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Egun on  

Please
Not Available  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Barkatu  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Agur  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
France  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
dzongkha  
basque  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Basque people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Basque  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
baq  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Dzongkha and Basque Speaking population

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