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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Estonia, European Union

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Estonia, Gambia

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Denmark, Russia, Sweden

1.7 Regulated By

Institute of the Estonian Language

1.8 Interesting Facts

  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.

1.9 Similar To

Finnish

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

27
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Tere

3.2 Thank You

aitäh

3.3 How Are You?

kuidas sul läheb

3.4 Good Night

Head ööd

3.5 Good Evening

Tere õhtust

3.6 Good Afternoon

Tere päevast

3.7 Good Morning

Tere hommikust

3.8 Please

Palun

3.9 Sorry

Vabandust

3.10 Bye

Head aega

3.11 I Love You

ma armastan sind

3.12 Excuse Me

Vabandage

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Keskmurre

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Tartu

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Georgia, South Estonia

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Idamurre

4.3.1 Where They Speak

France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

1.10 million
Rank: 86 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

0.95 million
Rank: 81 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

eesti keel

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Eesti keel

5.3.4 French Name

estonien

5.3.5 German Name

Estnisch

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Estonians

6 History

6.1 Origin

13th century

6.2 Language Family

Uralic Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Finno-Ugric

6.2.2 Branch

Finnic

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Estonian

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Estonian Sign Language

6.4 Scope

Macrolanguage

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

et

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

est

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

est

7.3 ISO 639 3

est

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

esto1258

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative

Origin of Estonian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Estonian language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Estonian language states that it was put to use in 13th century. The history of Estonian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Estonian Language History. Estonian has no early forms. Estonian is the standard form of Estonian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Estonian Language.

Estonian population

Estonian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Estonian language. Estonian language is spoken by 1.10 million people in the world. Most of the Estonian population lies in the Estonian Speaking Countries. Estonian language is spoken as first language by 0.95 million people and no total count of people speaking Estonian as second language. Get to know Estonian speaking population in detail.

Estonian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Estonian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Estonian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Estonian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Estonian language

Check out all the information about Estonian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Estonian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Estonian Speaking Countries, Estonian speaking continents and Estonian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Estonian countries knowing common Estonian Greetings will help you in communicating with Estonian people.