Countries
Bhutan
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Bhutan
Germany
Second Language
India
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
India
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-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
Danke
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Not Available
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Not Available
guten Tag
Good Morning
Not Available
guten Morgen
Please
Not Available
bitte
Sorry
Tsip maza
Verzeihung
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Laya
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Lunana
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Germany
Dialect 3
Adap
Texas German
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
dzongkha
allemand
German Name
Dzongkha
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Germans
Origin
17th Century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
nucl1307
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Dzongkha and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and German Speaking population
Dzongkha and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and German languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Dzongkha vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and German Language Codes
Dzongkha and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.