Countries
Bhutan
  
India
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
India
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
NA
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Not Available
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
17th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dzongkha and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Gujarati language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.