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Dzongkha vs Filipino


Filipino vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Philippines  

Second Language
India  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
23  
13

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Kumusta  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Salamat  

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

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Magandang umaga  

Please
Not Available  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Paalam  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
8,200,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Adap  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,600,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
filipino  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Filipino  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
fil  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
fil  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Dzongkha and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Filipino language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Filipino Language History.

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Dzongkha and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Filipino language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dzongkha vs Filipino Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.

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