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German vs Estonian


Estonian vs 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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German and Estonian Language History

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

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

German vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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