1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bhutan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Tibetan Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
lek shom ay zim
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Not Available
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
Not Available
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
Tsip maza
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Log Jay Gay
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Tsip maza
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,100.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
700.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.64 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.17 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology