Countries
Bhutan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
India
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
India
  
India
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Not Available
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
South Asia
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Bihari
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
All Dzongkha and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Urdu Speaking population
Dzongkha and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Dzongkha vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Urdu Language Codes
Dzongkha and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.