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Estonian and French


French and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
bonjour   

Thank You
aitäh   
Merci   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Bonjour   

Please
Palun   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Vabandust   
désolé   

Bye
Head aega   
au revoir   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Tartu   
African French   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
eesti keel   
français   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Français   

French Name
estonien   
français   

German Name
Estnisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Romance   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
fre   

ISO 639 3
est   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
esto1258   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Estonian and French Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Estonian and French dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and French Speaking population

Estonian and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and French languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Estonian vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and French Language Codes

Estonian and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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