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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

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

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