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Dzongkha and Akan


Akan and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Ghana  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
30  
20
16  
6

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
maadwo  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
maaha  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
maakye  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
wae  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Kafra  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
bye  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Adap  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Akan  

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

French Name
dzongkha  
akan  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
15  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Akan  

Language Position
31  
29
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
aka  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
aka  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
aka  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Dzongkha and Akan 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 Dzongkha and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dzongkha and Akan Speaking population

Dzongkha and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Dzongkha and Akan on Dzongkha vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Akan Language Codes

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