Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
India
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hai
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Not Available
  
Please
sila
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bhutan
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
malais
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian and Dzongkha Speaking population
Malaysian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Dzongkha on Malaysian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Dzongkha Language Codes
Malaysian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.