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Dzongkha and Greek


Greek and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bhutan  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
India  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
30  
20
17  
7

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Arabic, Latin  

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  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Not Available  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Not Available  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Adap  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
dzongkha  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Hellenic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
Not Available  
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
gre  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Dzongkha and Greek Speaking population

Dzongkha and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Dzongkha vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Greek Language Codes

Dzongkha and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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