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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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