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Estonian vs Dutch


Dutch vs Estonian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

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

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Hallo  

Thank You
aitäh  
dankjewel  

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

Good Night
Head ööd  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
goedemorgen  

Please
Palun  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Vabandust  
sorry  

Bye
Head aega  
vaarwel  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Low Saxon  

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

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Limburgian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
eesti keel  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
estonien  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Estnisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
13th century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Germanic  

Branch
Finnic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
Not Available  
48  
35

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

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
dut  

ISO 639 3
est  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Estonian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Dutch language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Estonian and Dutch Language History.

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

Estonian vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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