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
  
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 in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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