Countries
Bhutan
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
India
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
Not Available
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
60,000,000.00
  
2
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
1,051.00 million
  
2
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Not Available
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
chinois
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Han
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Standard Chinese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Dzongkha and Chinese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dzongkha and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Chinese language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Chinese Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dzongkha and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.