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