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Finnish and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Estonia  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
India  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Not Available  

Please
haluta  
Not Available  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Heippa  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
finnois  
dzongkha  

German Name
Finnisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
1543  
17th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
fin  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Finnish and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Finnish and Dzongkha Language Codes

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