Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
India
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Not Available
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
اُردُو
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
ourdou
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Dzongkha
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Urdu and Dzongkha Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Urdu and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Dzongkha language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Urdu vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Dzongkha Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Urdu and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.