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Dzongkha and Khmer


Khmer and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
30  
20
33  
23

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
ND  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
ND  

Good Evening
Not Available  
ND  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
ND  

Good Morning
Not Available  
ND  

Please
Not Available  
ND  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
ND  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
ND  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
ND  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Adap  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
khmer central  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
17th Century  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Modern Khmer  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
khm  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Dzongkha and Khmer Speaking population

Dzongkha and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Dzongkha vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Khmer Language Codes

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