Countries
Bhutan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
India
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Not Available
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
persan
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Dzongkha and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Persian language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Persian Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.