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Uyghur and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
China  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
India  

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

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

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Kaadinchhey La  

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

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
lek shom ay zim  

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

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

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

Please
birdam  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
kachurung  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Laya  

Where They Speak
China  
Bhutan  

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

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
China  
Bhutan  

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

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Adap  

Where They Speak
China  
Bhutan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
0.47 million  
99+

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

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

French Name
ouïgour  
dzongkha  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Dzongkha  

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

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
11  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
98  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
uig  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
uig  
dzo  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Uyghur and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Uyghur and Dzongkha Language Codes

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