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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

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