Countries
Bhutan
  
Estonia, European Union
  
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 in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
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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
  
Dzongkha and Estonian 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 Dzongkha and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Estonian language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Estonian Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha Alphabets and Estonian 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 Dzongkha and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.