Countries
Bhutan
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
India
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Not Available
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
sorry
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Standard Somali
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
somali
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
17th Century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
soma1255
  
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
  
Dzongkha and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Somali language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Somali Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.