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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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