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Dzongkha and Sindhi


Sindhi and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bhutan   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

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   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
30   
20
42   
31

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Arabic, Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
Not Available   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
Not Available   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Upper Sindh   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Central Sindh   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Not Available   

French Name
dzongkha   
sindhi   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Sindhi   

Language Position
Not Available   
50   
37

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
snd   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Dzongkha and Sindhi Speaking population

Dzongkha and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Dzongkha vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Sindhi Language Codes

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