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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
0
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Not Available
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Dzongkha and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Sanskrit language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.