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Dzongkha and Dogri


Dogri and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bhutan   
Jammu and Kashmir, India   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
30   
20
36   
26

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Ke aal aee   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
dhanwaad   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
kiyaan oo ji   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
shub ratri   

Good Evening
Not Available   
shub ratri   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Not Available   
su prabat   

Please
Not Available   
kripya   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
mere kaulan galti ooyyii   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
changa ji pher   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Minjo tere naal pyar hega   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
gustakhi maaf   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Jaunsari   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
100,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Kullu   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
110,000.00   
35

Dialect 3
Adap   
Hinduri   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
France, Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
4.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
डोगरी   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru   

French Name
dzongkha   
dogri   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Dogri   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Dogras   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1971   

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   
Dogri   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

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   
doi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
indo1311   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Dzongkha and Dogri Speaking population

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

Dzongkha and Dogri Language Codes

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