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Dzongkha and Punjabi


Punjabi and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
India  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
30  
20
41  
30

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Not Available  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Not Available  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Adap  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
dzongkha  
pendjabi  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Modern Punjabi  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
pan  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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

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Dzongkha and Punjabi Speaking population

Dzongkha and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Dzongkha vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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