1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Dzongkha Development Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Sikkimese Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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
Ndiyabulela
Kaadinchhey La
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
lek shom ay zim
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Log Jay Gay
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Nga cheu lu ga
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
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million0.64 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million0.17 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
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
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Ngalop people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th 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
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
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-fa
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available