Countries
Bhutan
India, Nepal
National Language
Bhutan
Nepal
Second Language
India
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Hindi
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Not Available
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Not Available
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Not Available
कृपया
Sorry
Tsip maza
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Log Jay Gay
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Nepal
Dialect 2
Lunana
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Bhutan
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Nepal
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
dzongkha
népalais
German Name
Dzongkha
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
17th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1307
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Dzongkha and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Nepali Speaking population
Dzongkha and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Dzongkha vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Nepali Language Codes
Dzongkha and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.