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Dzongkha and Hmong


Hmong and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Bhutan   
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
  • Hmong language came from western part of China.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
14   
11

How Many Consonants
30   
20
60   
36

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
Not Available   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
Not Available   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
Not Available   
thov   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Not Available   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
China   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Adap   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Mong   

French Name
dzongkha   
hmong   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
19   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Hmong   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Dzongkha and Hmong Speaking population

Dzongkha and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. 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 Hmong on Dzongkha vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Hmong Language Codes

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