1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bhutan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
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
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
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
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bhutan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.64 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million0.17 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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
5.3.5 German Name
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
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available