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Turkish and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
India   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Not Available   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Not Available   

Please
lütfen   
Not Available   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Tsip maza   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
Türkçe   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

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

French Name
turc   
dzongkha   

German Name
Türkisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
17th Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
tur   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Turkish and Dzongkha Speaking population

Turkish and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Dzongkha on Turkish vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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