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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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