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Dzongkha and Burmese


Burmese and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
95  
39
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
33  
23

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Adap  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
10.00 million  
23

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  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1113 AD  

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  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
Not Available  
43  
32

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
bur  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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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.

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Dzongkha and Burmese Speaking population

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