National Language
Bhutan
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
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Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Henda ho
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
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Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
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Good Morning
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Boge Setak’
Please
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Sorry
Tsip maza
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Bye
Log Jay Gay
Not Available
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Not Available
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
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Where They Speak
Bhutan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Lunana
Not present
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Adap
Not present
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
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
French Name
dzongkha
santal
German Name
Dzongkha
Santali
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
17th Century
20th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Tibeto-Burman
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Santali
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
dz
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nucl1307
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Dzongkha and Santali Speaking population
Dzongkha and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Santali on Dzongkha vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Santali Language Codes
Dzongkha and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.