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Dzongkha and Somali


Somali and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bhutan  
Somalia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
India  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Hello  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
Not Available  
Fadlan  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
sorry  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Standard Somali  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
dzongkha  
somali  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Somali  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Somalis  

History

Origin
17th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Cushitic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Somali  

Language Position
Not Available  
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
som  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
som  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
soma1255  

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

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Dzongkha and Somali Speaking population

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

Dzongkha and Somali Language Codes

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