Dzongkha and Maithili
Countries
Bhutan
India, Nepal
National Language
Bhutan
India, Nepal
Second Language
India
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
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Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
pranam
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Śubharātri
Good Evening
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shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
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dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
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Suprabhaat
Please
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kripaya
Sorry
Tsip maza
maf karai
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
kripaya
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Lunana
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Bhutan
North India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Deoghar, France
Total No. Of Dialects
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Speaking Population
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Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
dzongkha
maithili
German Name
Dzongkha
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not available
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Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Maithil
Origin
17th Century
14th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Tibeto-Burman
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Maithili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nucl1307
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Dzongkha and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Maithili Speaking population
Dzongkha and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Dzongkha vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Maithili Language Codes
Dzongkha and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.