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Danish and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
Mange tak  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
God nat  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
God aften  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Not Available  

Please
Please  
Not Available  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Farvel  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
dansk  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
danois  
dzongkha  

German Name
Dänisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
dan  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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All Danish 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 Danish and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Dzongkha Speaking population

Danish and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Danish and Dzongkha on Danish vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Dzongkha Language Codes

Danish and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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