Countries
Bhutan
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
France, kerala
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
17th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic
  
Dzongkha and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Malayalam language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.