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Dzongkha vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Dzongkha


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Bhutan  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Turkish  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
30  
20
23  
13

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Salam  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

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

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
yaxşı gecə  

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

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Günortanız Xeyir  

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

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
lütfən  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
üzr  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Russia  

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

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Azerbaijan  

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

Dialect 3
Adap  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Azerbaijan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
33  
26

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

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

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

French Name
dzongkha  
azéri  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
31  
29
38  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
aze  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
aze  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
aze  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Dzongkha and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Dzongkha vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Dzongkha and Azerbaijani language. History of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Dzongkha and Azerbaijani Language History.

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

Dzongkha vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

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

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