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Dzongkha vs Chinese


Chinese vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
95  
39
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
30  
20
23  
13

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  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
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  
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

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  

History

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  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Dzongkha and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Chinese language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dzongkha and Chinese Language History.

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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.

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