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Dzongkha and Javanese


Javanese and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
30   
20
21   
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Halo   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
Not Available   
Not Available   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
basa Jawa   

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

French Name
dzongkha   
javanais   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
17th Century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Javanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
11   
10

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
jav   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
java1253   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Dzongkha and Javanese Speaking population

Dzongkha and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Dzongkha vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Javanese Language Codes

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