Travel to Bumthangkha phrasebook

Bumthangkha is a regional language of in the Bumthang area of Bhutan.

Pronunciation guide edit

Vowels edit

	Front		Central	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded	Central	Back
Close	/i/	/y/		/u, o/
Mid	/ɛ/	/ø/	/ə/	/ɔ/
Open			/a/	/ɑ/
Diphthong	/e, ɤ/

Consonants edit

		Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	tenuis	p	t̪		k	ʔ
	aspirated	pʰ	t̪ʰ		kʰ
	voiced	b	d̪		ɡ
Affricate	tenuis		t͡s	t͡ɕ
	aspirated		t͡sʰ	t͡ɕʰ
	voiced			d͡ʑ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ɕ		h
Fricative	voiced	v	z	ʑ		ɦ
Lateral			l

Common diphthongs edit

Coda		Open			Nasal			Glottal stop
Medial		∅	j	w	∅	j	w	∅	j	w
Nucleus	i	i
	y	y
	u	u
	o	o
	e	e		we
	ɤ	ɤ	jɤ
	ɛ	ɛ	jɛ	wɛ	ɪɲ			ɪʔ
	ø	ø	jø	wø	ʏɲ			ʏʔ
	ə				ən		wən	əʔ		wəʔ
	ɔ	ɔ	jɔ		ʊŋ	jʊŋ		ʊʔ	jʊʔ
	a	a	ja	wa	ɐ̃	jɐ̃	wɐ̃	ɐʔ	jɐʔ	wɐʔ
	ɑ				ɑ̃	jɑ̃	wɑ̃

Phrase list edit

Basics edit

Hello.: . (Kuzuzangpo la )
Hello. (informal): . (Kuzu )
How are you?: ? (ah dar nak ke)
Fine, thank you.: . (laso kadinchey la )
What is your name?: ? ( weth key meng sha yo?)
My name is ___Nga gey ___ .: meng . ( tzha yo.)
Nice to meet you.: . (domzay gasth )
Please.: . (kuje )
Thank you.: . ( kadin chay)
You're welcome.: . ( tsoro bu si ma sung la )
Yes.: . (phath )
No.: . ( mengo)
Excuse me. (getting attention): . ( gom ma thay la)
Excuse me. (begging pardon): . ( gom ma thay la)
I'm sorry.: . ( gom ma thay la)
Goodbye: . (lok sey jay gey )
Goodbye (informal): . (kachin bu sey gala )
I can't speak Bumthangkha [well].: [ ]. ( [ ])
Do you speak English?: ? ( philingpa kha khan ya?)
Is there someone here who speaks English?: ? ( philingba kha khan kan na ya?)
Help!: ! ( !)
Look out!: ! (wai !)
Good morning.: . (kuzuzangpo )
Good evening.: . ( kuzuzangpo)
Good night.: . (chiru delek )
Good night (to sleep): . (ka chin bu si sim la )
I don't understand.: . ( mabran)
Where is the toilet?: ? ( chabsang ao na?)

Problems edit

Numbers edit

1 : Thaek2 ; tson3 : tsum4 : blay5 ;ya nga6 :rok7 ; nyith8 ; jath9 ; dokgo10; chey

Time edit

Clock time edit

"chu tsud"

Duration edit

"dutsed"

Days edit

"ngyan"

Months edit

"la"

Writing time and date edit

Date : Date/Month/YearTime : Hour(day or night) and Minutes

Colors edit

Transportation edit

Bus and train edit

Directions edit

Taxi edit

Taxi = "gyerkhor"Fare = "lha "How much =" ak pa thek yo"

Lodging edit

Money edit

Eating edit

I am Hungry : Bru nas

can i have some : chi gath tzu gi

Meal : shay go / zama

Rice : zama

Curry : ruk

Soup : cho tsa

Water ; kway

Hot : kep kep

Cold : nagk sim sim

eggs ; kha wa tey

Meat : sha

cheese : phrum

butter ; mar

delicious ; ngam da

not delicious ; mey ngam da

sweet ; ngok tom ma

sour ; thun ma

I am full : joma rangs

It was prepared very well : ka chin bu si kher na

oil : nom

salt ; tsa

sugar ; guram

chilly ; bangala

cilantro ; yotsey

tea ; ja

orange juice : tsa lum khway

Bars edit

Shopping edit

Driving edit

Authority edit

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