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Hindi vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Urdu  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
30  
20

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
Not Available  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Not Available  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
3
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
Not Available  

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
हिन्दी  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
hindi  
dzongkha  

German Name
Hindi  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
5  
5
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
hin  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
hins  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hind1269  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Hindi and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Dzongkha language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and Dzongkha Language History.

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Hindi 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 Hindi and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Dzongkha language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Hindi vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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