1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bhutan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
India
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Dzongkha Development Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Sikkimese Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Tibetan Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Bengali
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Khurumjari
Kuzoozangpo La
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Kaadinchhey La
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
lek shom ay zim
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Not Available
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Nga cheu lu ga
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.00700.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bhutan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million0.64 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million0.17 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
Ngalop people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Dzongkha
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available