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Azerbaijani vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Kaadinchhey La  

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

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
lütfən  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
üzr  
Tsip maza  

Bye
xudafiz  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
azéri  
dzongkha  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
38  
35
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
aze  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
aze  
dzo  

Glottocode
azer1255  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Azerbaijani and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Dzongkha language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Azerbaijani and Dzongkha Language History.

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Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Azerbaijani and Dzongkha language. Azerbaijani word for "Hello" is Salam or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Azerbaijani Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Azerbaijani vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.

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