Countries
Bhutan
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
India
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
India
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Not Available
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Ukraine
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Dzongkha and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Greek language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Greek Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.