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Japanese vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
14   
4
30   
20

Scripts
Kana   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Adap   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
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   

History

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
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Dzongkha language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Dzongkha Language History.

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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.

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