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Estonian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
18   
8

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Tere   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
aitäh   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Palun   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Vabandust   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Head aega   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eesti keel   

French Name
chinois   
estonien   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Estonians   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Estonian   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
est   

ISO 639 3
zho   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Estonian Speaking population

Chinese and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Estonian on Chinese vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Estonian Language Codes

Chinese and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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