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 in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Laya
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Lunana
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Adap
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Bhutan
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
c. 1440
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Dzongkha
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
nucl1307
Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Dzongkha language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.