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Dzongkha and Georgian


Georgian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Georgia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bhutan   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Cabinet of Georgia   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Anatolian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
30   
20
28   
18

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Arabic, Georgian script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Please
Not Available   
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
ბოდიში (bodishi)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Judaeo-Georgian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Kartlian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Kartli   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Pshavian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Pshavi   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
4.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
ქართული ენა   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   

French Name
dzongkha   
géorgien   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Georgisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Georgians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
5th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Kartvelian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Southern   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Modern Georgian   

Language Position
Not Available   
120   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
ka   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
kat   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
geo   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
kat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
nucl1302   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Dzongkha and Georgian Speaking population

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