Countries
Bhutan
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Not Available
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
France, Latvia
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Lettish
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
letton
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Dzongkha and Latvian 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 Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Latvian Speaking population
Dzongkha and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian 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 Latvian on Dzongkha vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Latvian Language Codes
Dzongkha and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.