Countries
India
  
Bhutan
  
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
Not Available
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Not Available
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
oriya
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
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
  
Oriya and Dzongkha Speaking population
Oriya and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Dzongkha on Oriya vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oriya and Dzongkha Language Codes
Oriya and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.