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Dzongkha and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Vietnam  

Second Language
India  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Cam on  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
Not Available  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
dzongkha  
vietnamien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
Not Available  
14  
13

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
vie  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
vie  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
46-EBA  

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

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Dzongkha and Vietnamese Speaking population

Dzongkha and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Dzongkha vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Vietnamese Language Codes

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