# Bumthangkha phrasebook

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

## Pronunciation guide
### Vowels

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

### Consonants

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

### Common diphthongs

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

## Phrase list
### Basics
#### 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 )

#### Do you speak English?

    ? ( philingpa kha khan ya?)

#### Is there someone here who speaks English?

    ? ( philingba kha khan kan na ya?)

#### 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?)

### Numbers

1 : Thaek 2 ; tson 3 : tsum 4 : blay 5 ;ya nga 6 :rok 7 ; nyith 8 ; jath 9 ; dokgo 10; chey

### Time
#### Clock time

"chu tsud"

#### Duration

"dutsed"

#### Days

"ngyan"

#### Months

"la"

#### Writing time and date

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

### Transportation
#### Bus and train
#### Taxi

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

### Eating

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