Countries
Bhutan
  
Norway
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Norway
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
India
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-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
  
takk
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
god morgen
  
Please
Not Available
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Norsk
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Dzongkha and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Norwegian language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.