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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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
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Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
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Good Morning
Good Morning
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Please
Please
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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
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Lunana
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Bhutan
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Adap
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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Branch
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
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 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
nucl1307
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Dzongkha 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 English and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Dzongkha language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common English Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The English vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 English and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.