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Kazakh vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Bhutan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

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

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Kaadinchhey La  

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

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

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

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

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

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
bye  
Log Jay Gay  

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

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Bhutan  

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

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Bhutan  

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

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Bhutan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
0.47 million  
99+

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

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

French Name
kazakh  
dzongkha  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
93  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
dzo  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
nucl1307  

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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Kazakh and Dzongkha Language History

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

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

Kazakh vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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