Countries
Bhutan
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Not Available
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
thaï
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Dzongkha and Thai Speaking population
Dzongkha and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Dzongkha vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Thai Language Codes
Dzongkha and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.