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Dzongkha and Marwari


Marwari and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Rajastan, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Rajastan, India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Nepal, Pakistan  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Gujarati Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
30  
20
32  
22

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
khammaghani  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
dhanyavaad  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Kikan ho sa?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
shubh raatri  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Shubh Honjh  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Shubh Befar  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Shubh Havar  

Please
Not Available  
kirpa  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Maaf Karo  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
bye  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
main tanne pyaar karoon  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
maaf karo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Jogi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Bagri  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Dhundhari  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
14.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Marwari  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  

French Name
dzongkha  
marvari  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Marwari  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Marwari or Marwadi  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Marwari  

Language Position
Not Available  
72  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
mwr  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
mwr  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
mwr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
raja1256  

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  
Not Available  

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

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Dzongkha and Marwari Speaking population

Dzongkha and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Dzongkha vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Marwari Language Codes

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