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Estonian and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Tere   

Thank You
Thank you   
aitäh   

How Are You?
How are you?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Good Night   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Please   
Palun   

Sorry
Sorry   
Vabandust   

Bye
Bye   
Head aega   

I Love You
I love you   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eesti keel   

French Name
anglais   
estonien   

German Name
Englisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Estonians   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Estonian   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
est   

ISO 639 3
eng   
est   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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English and Estonian Speaking population

English and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Estonian on English vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Estonian Language Codes

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

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