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Dutch vs Estonian


Estonian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Tere  

Thank You
dankjewel  
aitäh  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Tere hommikust  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Palun  

Sorry
sorry  
Vabandust  

Bye
vaarwel  
Head aega  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
Not Available  

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Eesti keel  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
estonien  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Western  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Estonian  

Language Position
48  
35
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
est  

ISO 639 3
nld  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Dutch and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Estonian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Estonian Language History.

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Dutch 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 Dutch and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Estonian language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Estonian Difficulty

The Dutch vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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