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Dzongkha and Danish


Danish and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Bhutan   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
India   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95   
39
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
30   
20
20   
10

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   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
lek shom ay zim   
God nat   

Good Evening
Not Available   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Not Available   
God morgen   

Please
Not Available   
Please   

Sorry
Tsip maza   
Undskyld!   

Bye
Log Jay Gay   
Farvel   

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Tsip maza   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
1,100.00   
99+
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Adap   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
dzongkha   
danois   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
17th Century   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Rigsdansk   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
dz   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
dzo   
dan   

ISO 639 3
dzo   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Dzongkha and Danish 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 Danish dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dzongkha and Danish Speaking population

Dzongkha and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Danish on Dzongkha vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Danish Language Codes

Dzongkha and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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