Countries
Bhutan
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
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 in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
Dzongkha and Marathi Language Codes
Dzongkha and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.