Countries
Bhutan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
India
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Dzongkha and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Punjabi language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.