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Estonian and Finnish Speaking countries


Finnish and Estonian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Estonian and Finnish as Minority Language

In Estonian and Finnish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Estonian and Finnish as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Estonian as minority language: Denmark, Russia, Sweden.
  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.

If you want to compare Estonian and Finnish dialects, then you can go to Estonian vs Finnish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Estonian and Finnish Regulators

Estonian and Finnish speaking countries provide you Estonian and Finnish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute of the Estonian Language regulates Estonian language.Finnish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland. Also get to learn, Estonian and Finnish Language History.

Estonian and Finnish Continents

Thinking about Estonian and Finnish continents in which Estonian and Finnish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Estonian and Finnish. Most of the Estonian speaking countries lie in Europe. While Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Estonian and Finnish languages:

Estonian Interesting Facts:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

The Estonian language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Finnish whereas Estonian language is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from Not Available.

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