Afrikaans and Dzongkha
Countries
South Africa
Bhutan
National Language
South Africa
Bhutan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
hallo
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Dankie
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
goeie nag
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Not Available
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Not Available
Good Morning
goeie more
Not Available
Please
asseblief
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Bye
Not Available
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Laya
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Lunana
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Adap
Where They Speak
Namibia
Bhutan
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
afrikaans
dzongkha
German Name
Afrikaans
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Ngalop people
Origin
17th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
nucl1307
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Dzongkha Speaking population
Afrikaans and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Dzongkha on Afrikaans vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Dzongkha Language Codes
Afrikaans and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
