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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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