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Dzongkha vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Bhutan  

Second Language
South Africa  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
India  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Not Available  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Not Available  

Sorry
sorry  
Tsip maza  

Bye
vaarwel  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
Not Available  

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
Nederlands  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
dzongkha  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
48  
35
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
nld  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Dutch and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Dzongkha language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Dutch vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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