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Estonian and German


German and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Council for German Orthography   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
hallo   

Thank You
aitäh   
Danke   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
guten Morgen   

Please
Palun   
bitte   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Head aega   
Tschüs   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Texas German   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
eesti keel   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
estonien   
allemand   

German Name
Estnisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Germans   

History

Origin
13th century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Germanic   

Branch
Finnic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
ger   

ISO 639 3
est   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
esto1258   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Estonian and German Speaking population

Estonian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Estonian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and German Language Codes

Estonian and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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