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Dzongkha and Thai


Thai and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
95  
39
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
32  
21

How Many Consonants
30  
20
44  
33

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Thai  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
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  
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.85 %  
23

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  

History

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  
47  
34

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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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

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