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German and Estonian


Estonian and German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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

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

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Tere   

Thank You
Danke   
aitäh   

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

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Tere hommikust   

Please
bitte   
Palun   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Vabandust   

Bye
Tschüs   
Head aega   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

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

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Idamurre   

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

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Eesti keel   

French Name
allemand   
estonien   

German Name
Deutsch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Estonians   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Western   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

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

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
est   

ISO 639 3
deu   
est   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
esto1258   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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German and Estonian Speaking population

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

German and Estonian Language Codes

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

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