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Dzongkha Language



Countries
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Countries
Bhutan 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Bhutan 0

Second Language
India 0

Speaking Continents
Asia 0

Minority Language
India 0

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission 0

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
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Similar To
Sikkimese Language 0

Derived From
Tibetan Language 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
95 39

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
30 20

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille 0

Writing Direction
Not Available 0

Hard to Learn
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Language Levels
Not Available 0

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available 0

Greetings
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Hello
Kuzoozangpo La 0

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La 0

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ? 0

Good Night
lek shom ay zim 0

Good Evening
Not Available 0

Good Afternoon
Not Available 0

Good Morning
Not Available 0

Please
Not Available 0

Sorry
Tsip maza 0

Bye
Log Jay Gay 0

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga 0

Excuse Me
Tsip maza 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Laya 0

Where They Speak
Bhutan 0

How Many People Speak
1,100.00 52

Dialect 2
Lunana 0

Where They Speak
Bhutan 0

How Many People Speak
700.00 45

Dialect 3
Adap 0

Where They Speak
Bhutan 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available 0

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
0.64 million 88

Speaking Population
Not Available 0

Native Speakers
0.17 million 87

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million 37

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha) 0

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar 0

French Name
dzongkha 0

German Name
Dzongkha 0

Pronunciation
Not available 0

Ethnicity
Ngalop people 0

History
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Origin
17th Century 0

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family 0

Subgroup
Not Available 0

Branch
Tibeto-Burman 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
No early forms 0

Standard Forms
Dzongkha 0

Language Position
Not Available 0

Signed Forms
Not Available 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
dz 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
dzo 0

ISO 639 2/B
dzo 0

ISO 639 3
dzo 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
nucl1307 0

Linguasphere
No data Available 0

Types of Language
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Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available 0

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available 0

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Origin of Dzongkha language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Dzongkha language is one of the Asian Languages. The origin of Dzongkha language states that it was put to use in 17th Century. The history of Dzongkha language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Dzongkha Language History. Dzongkha has no early forms. Dzongkha is the standard form of Dzongkha language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Dzongkha Language.

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Dzongkha population

Dzongkha population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Dzongkha language. Dzongkha language is spoken by 0.64 million people in the world. Most of the Dzongkha population lies in the Dzongkha Speaking Countries. Dzongkha language is spoken as first language by 0.17 million people and as second language by about 0.47 million people. Get to know Dzongkha speaking population in detail.

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Dzongkha writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Dzongkha writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Dzongkha language. Some languages share common writing systems. Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille script is used by Dzongkha language. Learn more about . 

Information about Dzongkha language

Check out all the information about Dzongkha language here. You may find it interesting to learn Dzongkha Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Dzongkha Speaking Countries, Dzongkha speaking continents and Dzongkha Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Dzongkha countries knowing common Dzongkha Greetings will help you in communicating with Dzongkha people.

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