Countries
Bhutan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
5.42 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
17th Century
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Kashmiri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dzongkha and Kashmiri Speaking population
Dzongkha and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available. 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 Kashmiri on Dzongkha vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Kashmiri Language Codes
Dzongkha and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.