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Dzongkha and Mongolian


Mongolian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bhutan   
China, Mongolia   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
13   
10

How Many Consonants
30   
20
20   
10

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
Not Available   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Adap   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
5.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Not Available   

French Name
dzongkha   
mongol   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Mongolian   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
mon   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
part of 44-BAA-b   

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

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Dzongkha and Mongolian Speaking population

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