Countries
Bhutan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
su prabat
  
Please
Not Available
  
kripya
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
dogri
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Dogras
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1971
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Dogri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dzongkha and Dogri 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 Dogri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Dogri language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Dogri word for "Thank You" is dhanwaad. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Dogri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Dogri Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Dogri 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 Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.