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Sanskrit and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
52   
31
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
30   
20

Scripts
Devanagari   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not present   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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Sanskrit and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Sanskrit and Dzongkha Language Codes

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