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Dzongkha vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
95  
39
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
30  
20
31  
21

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.74 %  
24

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  

History

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  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Dzongkha and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Gujarati language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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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.

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