Countries
Estonia, European Union
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Sorry
Vabandust
Undskyld!
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Scanian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tartu
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Denmark
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Island of Bornholm
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
Origin
13th century
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Not Available
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Estonian
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed Danish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
dani1284
Linguasphere
No data available
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Estonian and Danish 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 Estonian and Danish dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Danish Speaking population
Estonian and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Estonian and Danish on Estonian vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Danish Language Codes
Estonian and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.