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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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