Countries
Estonia, European Union
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Sorry
Vabandust
Verzeihung
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tartu
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Texas German
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
13th century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Germanic
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
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
esto1258
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
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.
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.
