1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Bhutan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bhutan
1.4 Second Language
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
India
1.7 Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
1.9 Similar To
Sikkimese Language
1.10 Derived From
Tibetan Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2
12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
3.2 Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
3.3 How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
3.4 Good Night
lek shom ay zim
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Not Available
3.8 Please
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
Tsip maza
3.10 Bye
Log Jay Gay
3.11 I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
3.12 Excuse Me
Tsip maza
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Laya
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,100.00
Rank: 52 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Lunana
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
700.00
Rank: 45 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Adap
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0
188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
Rank: 88 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
0.17 million
Rank: 87 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
Rank: 37 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
5.3.4 French Name
dzongkha
5.3.5 German Name
Dzongkha
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Ngalop people
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Tibeto-Burman
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Dzongkha
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
dz
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
dzo
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
dzo
7.3 ISO 639 3
dzo
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1307
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available