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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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Tibetan Language   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
maaha   

Good Morning
Not Available   
maakye   

Please
Not Available   
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   
13

Dialect 2
Lunana   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
700.00   
99+
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Adap   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Bhutan   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million   
37
Not Available   

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   
Not Available   

French Name
dzongkha   
akan   

German Name
Dzongkha   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ngalop people   
Akan people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
15   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Dzongkha   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1307   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available 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

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

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