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Dzongkha and Navajo


Navajo and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
United States of America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
United States of America  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
North America  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Apache Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
34  
24

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Yá'át'ééh  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Ahéhee'  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Yá'át'ééh  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Yá'át'ééh abíní  

Please
Not Available  
T'aa shoodi  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Not available  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Hágoónee’  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ayóó ánííníshí  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Shoohá  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Navajo1  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Arizona  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Navajo2  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
New Mexico  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Navajo3  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Utah  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Navaho  

French Name
dzongkha  
navaho  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Navajo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Navajo people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1500 CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dené–Yeniseian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Athapascan  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Navajo  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Navajo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
nv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
nav  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
nav  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
nav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
nava1243  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  

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All Dzongkha and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dzongkha and Navajo Speaking population

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Dzongkha and Navajo Language Codes

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