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Dzongkha and Urdu


Urdu and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
95   
39
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
30   
20
40   
29

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
India   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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

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