Dzongkha and Afrikaans
Countries
Bhutan
South Africa
National Language
Bhutan
South Africa
Second Language
India
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
hallo
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
Dankie
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
goeie nag
Good Evening
Not Available
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Not Available
goeie more
Please
Not Available
asseblief
Bye
Log Jay Gay
Not Available
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Laya
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Lunana
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Adap
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Namibia
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Cape Dutch
French Name
dzongkha
afrikaans
German Name
Dzongkha
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Afrikaners
Origin
17th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
nucl1307
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
All Dzongkha and Afrikaans 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 Dzongkha and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Afrikaans Speaking population
Dzongkha and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Dzongkha and Afrikaans on Dzongkha vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Afrikaans Language Codes
Dzongkha and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
