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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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