Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
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
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
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
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Finnish
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Hello
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Palun
  
Please
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Bye
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
eesti keel
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Not Available
  
French Name
estonien
  
anglais
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Standard English
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic