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Welsh and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
India   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
British Language   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
Diolch   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
Nos da   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Not Available   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Not Available   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Tsip maza   

Bye
Hwyl   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
gallois   
dzongkha   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Brythonic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Dzongkha   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
cym   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Welsh and Dzongkha Speaking population

Welsh and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available 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 Welsh and Dzongkha on Welsh vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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