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Estonian and Japanese


Japanese and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Palau  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
aitäh  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Head ööd  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Palun  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Vabandust  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Head aega  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
eesti keel  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Not Available  

French Name
estonien  
japonais  

German Name
Estnisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
13th century  
1185  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
est  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Estonian and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Japanese Speaking population

Estonian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Estonian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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