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Dzongkha vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

Second Language
India  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
19  
9

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Halo  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Not Available  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
maaf  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Adap  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Bahasa Melayu  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
indonésien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Indonesian  

Language Position
Not Available  
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
ind  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
ind  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Dzongkha and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Indonesian language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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