Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Institute of the Estonian Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Finnish
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
aitäh
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
goede Nacht
Head ööd
Good Evening
goedenavond
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Tere päevast
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Tere hommikust
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
pardon
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Gronings
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Tartu
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Eesti keel
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
estonien
German Name
Niederländisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Estonians
Origin
AD 450-500
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Estonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
esto1258
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Dutch 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 Dutch and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Estonian Speaking population
Dutch and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Estonian on Dutch vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Estonian Language Codes
Dutch and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.