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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Old German Language
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
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
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Not Available
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Sanskrit and Dzongkha Speaking population
Sanskrit and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Dzongkha on Sanskrit vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Dzongkha Language Codes
Sanskrit and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.