Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
Bhutan
  
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 in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Bhutan
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Turkish and Dzongkha Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Dzongkha language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Turkish vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Dzongkha Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.