1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bhutan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Tibetan Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Bengali
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Khurumjari
3.2 Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Not Available
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,100.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
700.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.64 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.17 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
মৈইতৈইলোন
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available