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Dzongkha and Nepali


Nepali and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
95  
39
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
36  
26

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
5.00 million  
29

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  

History

Origin
17th Century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Nepali  

Language Position
Not Available  
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
nep  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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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.

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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

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