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Norwegian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
India  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
takk  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
god natt  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Not Available  

Please
Vær så snill  
Not Available  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Tsip maza  

Bye
ha det  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
Norsk  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

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

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
dzongkha  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
nor  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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All Norwegian and Dzongkha Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Dzongkha Speaking population

Norwegian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Dzongkha on Norwegian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Dzongkha Language Codes

Norwegian and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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