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Dzongkha and Marathi


Marathi and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Bhutan   
India   

Second Language
India   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
95   
39
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
30   
20
36   
26

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
Not Available   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Adap   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
dzongkha   
marathe   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
10th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Marathi   

Language Position
Not Available   
17   
15

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
mar   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Dzongkha and Marathi Speaking population

Dzongkha and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Dzongkha vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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