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Vietnamese and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
India  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Cam on  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Not Available  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Not Available  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
vietnamien  
dzongkha  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
14  
13
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
vie  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Vietnamese and Dzongkha Speaking population

Vietnamese and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Dzongkha on Vietnamese vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Dzongkha Language Codes

Vietnamese and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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