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Dzongkha vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
95  
39
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
30  
20
36  
26

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
0  

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Dzongkha and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Sanskrit language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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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.

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