Countries
Countries
Estonia, European Union
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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.
Similar To
Finnish
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Not Available
Old Norse Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
920
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Tere
Hallo
Thank You
aitäh
Mange tak
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Head ööd
God nat
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
God aften
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
God morgen
Please
Palun
Please
Sorry
Vabandust
Undskyld!
Bye
Head aega
Farvel
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Undskyld mig
Dialects
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Scanian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Sweden
How Many People Speak
NA80,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Denmark
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Island of Bornholm
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million5.50 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
0.95 million5.50 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
eesti keel
dansk
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
estonien
danois
German Name
Estnisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Danish people or Danes
History
Origin
13th century
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Not Available
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Estonian
Rigsdansk
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed Danish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
et
da
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
dan
ISO 639 2/B
est
dan
ISO 639 3
est
dan
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
dani1284
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional