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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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