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Dzongkha and English


English and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Bhutan  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
India  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
India  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
95  
39
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Hello  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
How are you?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Good Morning  

Please
Not Available  
Please  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Sorry  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Bye  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
American English  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Adap  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
English  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Not Available  

French Name
dzongkha  
anglais  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
5th Century AD  

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  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard English  

Language Position
Not Available  
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
eng  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Dzongkha and English Speaking population

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Dzongkha and English Language Codes

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