Countries
Bhutan
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
France
  
Second Language
India
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
India
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-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
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Not Available
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
désolé
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Français
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
français
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic