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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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