Countries
Bhutan
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Spain
  
Second Language
India
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
India
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
hola
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Not Available
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
triste
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic