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Dzongkha vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
30  
20
42  
31

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
Not Available  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Lower Sindh  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Not Available  

French Name
dzongkha  
sindhi  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Sindhi  

Language Position
Not Available  
50  
37

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
snd  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
sind1272  

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  

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Dzongkha and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Sindhi language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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Dzongkha and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Sindhi language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dzongkha vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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