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Dzongkha and Kazakh


Kazakh and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bhutan  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
17  
7

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
bye  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Adap  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.64 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
dzongkha  
kazakh  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
17th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Kazakh  

Language Position
31  
29
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
kaz  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Dzongkha and Kazakh Speaking population

Dzongkha and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Dzongkha vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Kazakh Language Codes

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