Home
Languagevs


Dzongkha and Malayalam


Malayalam and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bhutan   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
30   
20
41   
30

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
Not Available   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
India   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
dzongkha   
malayalam   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
17th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
mal   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Asian Languages

Dzongkha and Malayalam Speaking population

Dzongkha and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Dzongkha vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Malayalam Language Codes

Dzongkha and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

Asian Languages

Asian Languages

» More Asian Languages

Compare Asian Languages

» More Compare Asian Languages