Countries
India, Nepal
Bhutan
National Language
Nepal
Bhutan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
India
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Hindi
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Not Available
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Not Available
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Not Available
Please
कृपया
Not Available
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Tsip maza
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Lunana
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bhutan
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
népalais
dzongkha
German Name
Nepali
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Ngalop people
Origin
19 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Dzongkha
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
nucl1307
Linguasphere
12
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali 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 Nepali and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Dzongkha Speaking population
Nepali and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Dzongkha on Nepali vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Dzongkha Language Codes
Nepali and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.