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German vs 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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Estonian and German Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and German language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Estonian vs German Difficulty

The Estonian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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