National Language
Bhutan
Myanmar
Second Language
India
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Mon
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Tangut
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Not Available
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Not Available
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Not Available
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Tsip maza
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
dzongkha
birman
German Name
Dzongkha
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Bamar people
Origin
17th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1307
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Dzongkha and Burmese 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 Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Burmese Speaking population
Dzongkha and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Dzongkha vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Burmese Language Codes
Dzongkha and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.