Sharchop or Tshangla is a regional language spoken in eastern Bhutan.
Pronunciation guide
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | |||
| Close | /i, ɪ/ | /y, ʏ/ | /ɵ/ | /ʊ/ |
| Mid | /ɛ/ | /ə/ | /o/ | |
| Open | /æ/ | /a/ | /ɑ/ | |
| Diphthong | /øʏ, oʊ/ | |||
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | tenuis | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | tenuis | ts | tɕ | |||
| aspirated | tsʰ | tɕʰ | ||||
| voiced | dʑ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ɕ | h | |
| voiced | v | z | ɦ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||||
Common diphthongs
| Coda | Open | Nasal | Glottal stop | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medial | ∅ | j | w | ∅ | j | w | ∅ | j | w | ɥ | |
| Nucleus | i | i | |||||||||
| y | y | ||||||||||
| ɪ | ɪ | ɪɲ | |||||||||
| ʏ | ʏ | ʏɲ | |||||||||
| ɵ | ɵ | jɵ | wɵ | ||||||||
| ʊ | ʊ | ||||||||||
| ɛ | ɛ | wɛ | |||||||||
| ə | ən | wən | əʔ | jəʔ | wəʔ | ɥəʔ | |||||
| o | oŋ | joŋ | oʔ | joʔ | |||||||
| øʏ | øʏ | ||||||||||
| oʊ | oʊ | ||||||||||
| æ | æ | jæ | |||||||||
| a | ã | jã | wã | aʔ | jaʔ | waʔ | |||||
| ɑ | ɑ | jɑ | wɑ | ɑ̃ | jɑ̃ | wɑ̃ | ɑʔ | jɑʔ | |||
Phrase list
Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase .
Basics
- Hello.
- . (kuzu zangbo)
- Hello. (informal)
- . (oai)
- How are you?
- ? (kuzu zangpo la?)
- Fine, thank you.
- . (dek pay kadrin chey )
- What is your name?
- ? ( nan ga ming hang ya?)
- My name is ______ .
- ___jang ka ming ___ . ( _____ .)
- Nice to meet you.
- . (sho nang phi wa )
- Please.
- . ( kuchay )
- Thank you.
- . (kadinchee)
- You're welcome.
- . ()
- Yes.
- . (gila)
- No.
- . (ma gila )
- Excuse me. (getting attention)
- . (tha goth cho la )
- Excuse me - request to repeat question . (begging pardon)
- . (la)
- I'm sorry.
- . (ro ma tsik cho )
- Goodbye
- . (lek bu joensho )
- Goodbye (informal)
- . (ya ya )
- I can't speak Sharchopkha [well].
- [ ]. ( [ ])
- Do you speak English?
- ? ( chilingpa kha selay mo?)
- Is there someone here who speaks English?
- ? ( ?)
- Help!
- ! (wai charo aii !)
- Look out!
- ! ( wai goth cho!)
- Good morning.
- . (kuzu zangpo )
- Good evening.
- . ()
- Good night.
- . (lek bu yep sho )
- Good night (to sleep)
- . (lek pu zim sho na )
- I don't understand.
- . (jang ma sela )
- Where is the toilet?
- ? ( chabsang oh ya?)
Problems
Numbers
1-10: thur, nigdzing, sam, pshi, nga, khung, zum, yen, gu, se
Time
Clock time
Duration
Days
Months
Writing time and date
Colors
- Red: tshalu
- Blue: yinglu
- Green: chang kha
- Yellow: serbu
- Black: nag