Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Finnish
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Palun
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Head aega
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
eesti keel
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Not Available
  
French Name
estonien
  
albanais
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Albanians
  
Origin
13th century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Estonian and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Estonian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Albanian language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Estonian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Estonian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.