Countries
Japan
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Japan
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
India
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Not Available
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
日本語
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
japonais
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
1185
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Dzongkha language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Japanese vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.