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Dzongkha and Bodo


Bodo and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Assam, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bhutan   
Assam, India   

Second Language
India   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
45   
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
30   
20
25   
15

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Not Available   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
Not Available   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Nungni khabora ma?   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Not Available   
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   

Please
Not Available   
अननानै (Onnanwi)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Not Available   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Not Available   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Assam, India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
0.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
बड़ो (boṛo)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   

French Name
dzongkha   
Not Available   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[bɔɽo]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1913   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
brx   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
bodo1269   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
Not Available   

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 Bodo 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 Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dzongkha and Bodo Speaking population

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

Dzongkha and Bodo Language Codes

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