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Dzongkha and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
0   
15

National Language
Bhutan   
India   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
30   
20
34   
24

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
Not Available   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

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

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Adap   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
dzongkha   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
Not available   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
Not Available   
37   
29

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
bho   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
59-AAF-sa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Dzongkha and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Dzongkha and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Dzongkha vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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