1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Bhutan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bhutan
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
1.9 Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Tibetan Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Hangul
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
lek shom ay zim
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Not Available
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
Not Available
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
Tsip maza
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
Log Jay Gay
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Tsip maza
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,100.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
700.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bhutan
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.64 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.17 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
한국어 (조선말)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative