Countries
Bhutan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Bhutan
China, Taiwan
Second Language
India
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
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Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Not Available
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Not Available
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Not Available
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Tsip maza
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
劳驾 (Láojià)
Where They Speak
Bhutan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Bhutan
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Bhutan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
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French Name
dzongkha
chinois
German Name
Dzongkha
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not available
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Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Han
Origin
17th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nucl1307
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data Available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Dzongkha and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Chinese Speaking population
Dzongkha and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Dzongkha vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Chinese Language Codes
Dzongkha and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.