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Georgian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Not Available  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Not Available  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
géorgien  
dzongkha  

German Name
Georgisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
5th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
120  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
kat  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Georgian and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Georgian and Dzongkha Language Codes

Georgian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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