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Dzongkha vs Zulu


Zulu vs Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
South Africa  

Second Language
India  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
30  
20
50  
35

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
unjani  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Not Available  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Not Available  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Not Available  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
bye  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
dzongkha  
zoulou  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
19  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
Not Available  
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
zul  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
zul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Dzongkha and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Zulu language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Zulu Difficulty

The Dzongkha vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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