Countries
Bhutan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Bhutan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
India
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
India
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Sikkimese Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Tibetan Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
Hallo
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
dankjewel
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Not Available
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Not Available
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Not Available
goedemorgen
Please
Not Available
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
pardon
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Lunana
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Adap
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Bhutan
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
dzongkha
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Dzongkha
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
Dutch people
Origin
17th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1307
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Dzongkha and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dzongkha and Dutch Speaking population
Dzongkha and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Dzongkha vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dzongkha and Dutch Language Codes
Dzongkha and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dzongkha and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.