Countries
Bhutan
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Not Available
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
South Korea
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
China, North Korea
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
coréen
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Koreans
  
Origin
17th Century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Dzongkha and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Korean language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Korean Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.