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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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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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