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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  

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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.

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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.

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