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Kashmiri vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
30   
20

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
Not Available   

Please
Not Available   
Not Available   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
Tsip maza   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Laya   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Adap   

Where They Speak
India   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
kashmiri   
dzongkha   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
12th 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
Kashmiri   
Dzongkha   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
kas   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
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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Kashmiri and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Dzongkha language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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