Countries
Bhutan
  
Japan
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Japan
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
India
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Not Available
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
kansai
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Not Available
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
japonais
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Dzongkha and Japanese Speaking population
Dzongkha and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Dzongkha vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Japanese Language Codes
Dzongkha and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.