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Konkani and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Konkani


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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
30  
20

Scripts
Devanagari  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Not Available  

Please
Chike  
Not Available  

Sorry
Maf kor  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Adeus  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
konkani  
dzongkha  

German Name
Konkani  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
kok  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
goan1235  
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 Konkani 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 Konkani and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Konkani and Dzongkha Language Codes

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