Countries
Bhutan
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
India
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Not Available
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Deoghar, France
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
maithili
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
17th Century
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dzongkha and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Maithili language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Maithili Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.