Countries
Bhutan
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Germany
  
Second Language
India
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Council for German Orthography
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-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
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Not Available
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Germany
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
allemand
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Germans
  
Origin
17th Century
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Dzongkha and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and German language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs German Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.