Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TAJIK
The state language of Tajikistan since 1989,
Tajik is a Persian language, closely related to
Dari (the language of Afghanistan) and Farsi
(the language of Iran) - unlike most Central
Asian languages, which are Turkic in origin.
Tajik was formerly written in a modified Ara-
bic script, then in Roman, but since 1940 a
modified Cyrillic script has been used. In our
pronunciation guides,
gh
is pronounced as in
'ugh',
ee
as in 'fee',
q
as the 'k' in 'keen',
ö
as the
'u' in 'fur',
kh
as the 'h' in 'hat' and
j
as in 'jig'.
bad
ganda
boiledwater
obi jush
bread
non
expensive
qimmat
good
khub/naghz
meat
gusht
rice
birinj
tea
choy
Monday
dushanbe
Tuesday
seshanbe
Numbers - Tajik
1
Wednesday
chorshanbe
yak
Thursday
panjanbe
2
du
Friday
juma
3
seh
Saturday
shanbe
4
chor
Sunday
yakshanbe
5
panj
6
shish
TURKMEN
Turkmen, the state language of Turkmenistan
since 1990, belongs to the Turkic language
family. It has a significant amount of Russian
vocabulary. In Turkmenistan almost everyone
speaks Russian or Turkmen. Four different
scripts have been used to write Turkmen: first
Arabic, then a Turkish-Roman alphabet, from
1940 the Cyrillic alphabet, and since 1996 a
modified Roman alphabet.
7
khaft
8
khasht
9
nukh
10
dakh
100
sad
1000
khazor
Peacebewithyou.
assalomu aleykum
Andpeacewithyou.
valeykum assalom
Peacebewithyou.
salam aleykum
Andpeacewithyou.
(response)
Hello.
salom
Goodbye.
khayr naboshad
Thankyou.
rakhmat/teshakkur
Yes./No.
kha/ne
Howareyou?
naghzmi shumo?
I'mwell.
mannaghz
DoyouspeakEnglish?
anglisi meydonet?
Idon'tundertand.
waleykum assalam
(response)
Hello.
salam
Goodbye.
sagh bol
Thankyou.
tangyr
Yes./No.
howa/yok
Howareyou?
siz nahili?
man manefakhmam
Numbers - Turkmen
1
Whereis…?
… khujo at?
bir
Howmuch?
chand pul?
2
ikeh
3
uch
airport
furudgoh
4
durt
bustation
itgoh
5
besh
doctor
duhtur
6
alty
friend
doot
7
yed
hospital
bemorhona/kasalhona
8
sekiz
hotel
mekhmon'hona
9
dokuz
police
militsia
10
on
retaurant
retoran
100
yuz
toilet
khojat'hona
1000
mun
traintation
itgoh rohi ohan
