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Dzongkha and Norwegian


Norwegian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Norway  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
India  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

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  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
hallo  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
takk  

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

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
god natt  

Good Evening
Not Available  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Not Available  
god morgen  

Please
Not Available  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
unnskyld  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
ha det  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Norsk  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
nor  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

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

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Dzongkha and Norwegian Speaking population

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Dzongkha and Norwegian Language Codes

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