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Dzongkha vs Dutch


Dutch vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Bhutan  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
India  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
India  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Hallo  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Not Available  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Not Available  
goedemorgen  

Please
Not Available  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
sorry  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Adap  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Nederlands  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
Not Available  
48  
35

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
dut  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Dzongkha and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Dutch language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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Dzongkha and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Dutch language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dzongkha vs Dutch Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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