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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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English and Estonian Language History

Comparison of English vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Estonian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Estonian Language History.

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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.

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