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Dzongkha and Estonian


Estonian and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bhutan  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
30  
20
18  
8

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Tere  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Not Available  
Palun  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Vabandust  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Head aega  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Eesti keel  

French Name
dzongkha  
estonien  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Estonian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
est  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Dzongkha and Estonian Speaking population

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Dzongkha and Estonian Language Codes

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