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Dzongkha and Maltese


Maltese and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Malta  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
24  
14

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Ħello  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Not Available  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Not Available  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Skużani!  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Malti  

French Name
dzongkha  
maltais  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Maltese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Dzongkha and Maltese Speaking population

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