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Dzongkha and Latvian


Latvian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
95   
39
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
30   
20
24   
14

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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