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Dzongkha vs 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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Danish and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Dzongkha language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD 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 Danish and Dzongkha Language History.

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Danish 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 Danish and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Dzongkha language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Danish vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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