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Dzongkha and Russian


Russian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bhutan  
Russia  

Second Language
India  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Cyrillic  

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  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Not Available  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

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

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
Not Available  
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Russki  

French Name
dzongkha  
russe  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Russians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
Not Available  
7  
7

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
rus  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Dzongkha and Russian Speaking population

Dzongkha and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Dzongkha vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Russian Language Codes

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