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Gujarati and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
India   

Regulated By
NA   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
30   
20

Scripts
Devanagari   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
Not Available   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
Not Available   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
Tsip maza   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Laya   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
Not Available   

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
goudjrati   
dzongkha   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
15   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
guj   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Gujarati and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Gujarati and Dzongkha Language Codes

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