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Dzongkha and Yoruba


Yoruba and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Nigeria  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
95  
39
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
17  
7

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  
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Not Available  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Not Available  
e kaaro  

Please
Not Available  
Jowo  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
binu  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
bye  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Adap  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
dzongkha  
yoruba  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
Not Available  
49  
36

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
yor  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

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

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Dzongkha and Yoruba Speaking population

Dzongkha and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Dzongkha vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Yoruba Language Codes

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