1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bhutan
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Munda Language
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
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Cet’leka menama?
3.4 Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Boge Ninda
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Not Available
Boge Setak’
3.8 Please
Not Available
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Log Jay Gay
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Not Available
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.64 million6.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.17 million6.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
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
No data available
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
Not Available
Not Available