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Afrikaans vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

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  
Not Available  

Sorry
jammer  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Not Available  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
0.47 million  
37

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  

History

Origin
17th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
afr  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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Afrikaans and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Dzongkha language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Dzongkha Language History.

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Afrikaans and Dzongkha Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Dzongkha language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Dzongkha Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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