Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Finnish
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Tere
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Palun
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
eesti keel
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
estonien
  
estonien
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Estonians
  
Origin
13th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Estonian
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Estonian and Estonian Speaking population
Estonian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available 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 Estonian and Estonian on Estonian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Estonian Language Codes
Estonian and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.