Countries
Bhutan
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Arabic, Javanese, 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
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Indonesia
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
82.00 million
  
19
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
javanais
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Origin
17th Century
  
450 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Javanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
java1253
  
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
  
Dzongkha and Javanese 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 Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Javanese language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Javanese Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.