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Dzongkha and Kurdish


Kurdish and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
30  
20
29  
19

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Silaw  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Not Available  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Bibûre  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Adap  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Not Available  

French Name
dzongkha  
kurde  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Kurdish  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
kur  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Dzongkha and Kurdish Speaking population

Dzongkha and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Dzongkha vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Kurdish Language Codes

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