Home
Languagevs


German vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Bhutan   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
India   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
India   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
Danke   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Not Available   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Not Available   

Please
bitte   
Not Available   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Tsip maza   

Bye
Tschüs   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
Deutsch   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
allemand   
dzongkha   

German Name
Deutsch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
deu   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

Countries >>
<< All

German and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of German vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of German and Dzongkha language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 German and Dzongkha Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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

German vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The German vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 German and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages