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Hausa and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Nigeria  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
gode ku  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Don Allah  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Tsip maza  

Bye
sai anjima  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
haoussa  
dzongkha  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
14  
17th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
34  
32
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
hau  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
hau  
dzo  

Glottocode
haus1257  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Hausa and Dzongkha Speaking population

Hausa and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Hausa and Dzongkha on Hausa vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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