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Russian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Afganistan   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
India   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
30   
20

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Not Available   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Not Available   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Tsip maza   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
Русский   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

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

French Name
russe   
dzongkha   

German Name
Russisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
rus   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Russian and Dzongkha Speaking population

Russian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Dzongkha on Russian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Dzongkha Language Codes

Russian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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