Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
India
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Finnish
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Tere
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Not Available
  
Please
Palun
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
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Native Name
eesti keel
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
estonien
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
13th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Estonian and Dzongkha 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 Estonian and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Dzongkha language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Estonian vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Estonian and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.