Countries
Bhutan
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
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 in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.