Countries
Bhutan
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
India
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
Not Available
  
sila
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
maaf
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Not Available
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
malais
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Dzongkha and Malaysian Speaking population
Dzongkha and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Dzongkha vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Malaysian Language Codes
Dzongkha and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.