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Dzongkha and Korean


Korean and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Bhutan   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
30   
20
19   
9

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Not Available   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Adap   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
dzongkha   
coréen   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Koreans   

History

Origin
17th Century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
kor   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Dzongkha and Korean Speaking population

Dzongkha and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Dzongkha vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Korean Language Codes

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