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Dzongkha and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
95   
39
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
30   
20
17   
7

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
jammer   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Not Available   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
10.30 million   
22

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   

History

Origin
17th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

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   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
afr   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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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.

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Dzongkha and Afrikaans Speaking population

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