Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Tere
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
God nat
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Please
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
Farvel
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
dansk
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
danois
  
estonien
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Estonians
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Estonian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Danish 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 Danish and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Estonian language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Estonian Difficulty
The Danish vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.