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Dzongkha and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bhutan  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
India  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Thank you  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Good Night  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Not Available  

Please
Please  
Not Available  

Sorry
Sorry  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Bye  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
I love you  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Laya  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Adap  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
Not Available  

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
English  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

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

French Name
anglais  
dzongkha  

German Name
Englisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
eng  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All English and Dzongkha Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of English and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Dzongkha Speaking population

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English and Dzongkha Language Codes

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