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Estonian and Romanian


Romanian and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

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   
alo   

Thank You
aitäh   
multumesc   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Palun   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Vabandust   
scuze   

Bye
Head aega   
La revedere   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Istro-Romanian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
eesti keel   
Română   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
estonien   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Estnisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Romanians   

History

Origin
13th century   
1521   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
rum   

ISO 639 3
est   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Estonian and Romanian Speaking population

Estonian and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Estonian vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Romanian Language Codes

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

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