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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Estonia, European Union

Total No. Of Countries

52
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Estonia, Gambia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Europe

Minority Language

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Denmark, Russia, Sweden

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Institute of the Estonian Language

Interesting Facts

  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.

Similar To

Norwegian and Swedish
Finnish

Derived From

Old Norse Language
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2927
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

209
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2018
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
Tere

Thank You

Mange tak
aitäh

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
kuidas sul läheb

Good Night

God nat
Head ööd

Good Evening

God aften
Tere õhtust

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
Tere päevast

Good Morning

God morgen
Tere hommikust

Please

Please
Palun

Sorry

Undskyld!
Vabandust

Bye

Farvel
Head aega

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
ma armastan sind

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
Vabandage

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Keskmurre

Where They Speak

Sweden
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia

How Many People Speak

80,000.001,300,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Tartu

Where They Speak

Denmark
Georgia, South Estonia

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,300,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Idamurre

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

48
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million1.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million0.95 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million1.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
eesti keel

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Eesti keel

French Name

danois
estonien

German Name

Dänisch
Estnisch

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Estonians

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
13th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Uralic Family

Subgroup

-
Finno-Ugric

Branch

-
Finnic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Estonian

Language Position

1822
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Estonian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

da
et

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
est

ISO 639 2/B

dan
est

ISO 639 3

dan
est

ISO 639 6

dan
est

Glottocode

dani1284
esto1258

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Agglutinative

Danish and Estonian Alphabets

Danish and Estonian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Estonian. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Estonian Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Danish and Estonian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Estonian languages. The Danish phonology consist Danish vowels and Danish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Danish greetings vs Estonian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Estonian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Danish and Estonian Speaking population

Danish and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Danish and Estonian on Danish vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Estonian Language Codes

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