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Dzongkha vs Danish


Danish vs 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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Dzongkha and Danish Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Danish language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dzongkha and Danish Language History.

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Dzongkha and Danish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dzongkha and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Danish language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dzongkha vs Danish Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Danish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dzongkha and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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