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Maltese and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Not Available  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Not Available  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Not Available  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Ċaw  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Malta  
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
2  
2
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
Malti  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
maltais  
dzongkha  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
17th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Maltese and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Maltese and Dzongkha Language Codes

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