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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Bhutan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bhutan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Dzongkha Development Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Sikkimese Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Tibetan Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
NA95
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
55
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4630
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
4NA
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
NANA
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
Kuzoozangpo La
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
Kaadinchhey La
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
lek shom ay zim
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
Not Available
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
Tsip maza
3.10 Bye
bye
Log Jay Gay
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
Nga cheu lu ga
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Tsip maza
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hwesa
Laya
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bhutan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,100.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Karanga
Lunana
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Bhutan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA700.00
Persian
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Zezuru
Adap
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bhutan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
4NA
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.64 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.13 %NA
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million0.17 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA0.47 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
5.3.4 French Name
shona
dzongkha
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Dzongkha
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Ngalop people
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Tibeto-Burman
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Dzongkha
6.3.3 Language Position
107NA
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sn
dz
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sna
dzo
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sna
dzo
7.3 ISO 639 3
sna
dzo
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
core1255
nucl1307
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available