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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
I love you
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Dialect 1
American English
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
United States of America
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Tartu
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Idamurre
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
5th Century AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Estonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
esto1258
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative
English and Estonian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Estonian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common English Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Estonian Difficulty
The English vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Estonian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.