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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
India  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Kaadinchhey La  

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

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
günaydın  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
lütfen  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
turc  
dzongkha  

German Name
Türkisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
19  
17
31  
29

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
tur  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
tur  
dzo  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Turkish and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Dzongkha language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Dzongkha Language History.

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

Turkish vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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