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Estonian and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

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  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Palun  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Adap  

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

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

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
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
13th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
22  
20
31  
29

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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
est  
dzo  

Glottocode
esto1258  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Estonian and Dzongkha Speaking population

Estonian and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Estonian and Dzongkha on Estonian vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Dzongkha Language Codes

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