Countries
Bhutan
  
India
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
India
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
oriya
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Odias
  
Origin
17th Century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dzongkha and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Oriya language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Oriya Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.