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Dzongkha and Xhosa


Xhosa and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
South Africa  

Second Language
India  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
30  
20
43  
32

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Molo  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Unjani  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Molo  

Please
Not Available  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
dzongkha  
xhosa  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
xho  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Dzongkha and Xhosa Speaking population

Dzongkha and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Dzongkha vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Xhosa Language Codes

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