Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Germany
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Institute of the Estonian Language
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Finnish
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
gute Nacht
Head ööd
Good Evening
guten Abend
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Tere päevast
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Tere hommikust
Sorry
Verzeihung
Vabandust
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Tartu
Where They Speak
Germany
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Texas German
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Texas
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Native Name
Deutsch
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Eesti keel
French Name
allemand
estonien
German Name
Deutsch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Germans
Estonians
Origin
6th Century AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Estonian
Signed Forms
Signed German
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
esto1258
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All German 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 German and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of German and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Estonian Speaking population
German and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Estonian on German vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Estonian Language Codes
German and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.