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Dzongkha and Hausa


Hausa and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
India  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
30  
20
32  
22

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
sannu  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Not Available  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Not Available  
mai kyau safe  

Please
Not Available  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
dzongkha  
haoussa  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Chadic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Hausa  

Language Position
Not Available  
34  
27

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
hau  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
19-HAA-b  

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

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Dzongkha and Hausa Speaking population

Dzongkha and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Dzongkha vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Hausa Language Codes

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