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Dzongkha vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bhutan  
Malaysia  

Second Language
India  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
95  
39
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
24  
14

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Hai  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Not Available  
sila  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
maaf  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Adap  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Not Available  

French Name
dzongkha  
malais  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
Not Available  
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
may  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
stan1306  

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  
Agglutinative  

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Dzongkha and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Malaysian language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dzongkha and Malaysian Language History.

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Dzongkha and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Malaysian language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dzongkha vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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