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Dzongkha and Uyghur


Uyghur and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
China  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
30  
20
27  
17

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
birdam  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
kachurung  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
China  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
China  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Adap  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
China  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
dzongkha  
ouïgour  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
17th Century  
11  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Uyghur  

Language Position
31  
29
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
uig  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
uig  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
uig  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dzongkha and Uyghur Speaking population

Dzongkha and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Dzongkha vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Uyghur Language Codes

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