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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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