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Dzongkha and Slovak


Slovak and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bhutan  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
30  
20
38  
27

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

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  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Not Available  
Prosím  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Pardón!  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
slovenčina  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
slovaque  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
17th Century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Slovak  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
slo  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Dzongkha and Slovak Speaking population

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Dzongkha and Slovak Language Codes

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