Countries
Estonia, European Union
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Finnish
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Tere
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
aitäh
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Head ööd
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Palun
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Vabandust
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Head aega
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Mariupol
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
estonien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Estnisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
13th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Hellenic
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Estonian
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
esto1258
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
All Estonian and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Greek Speaking population
Estonian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Estonian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Greek Language Codes
Estonian and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
