Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Finnish
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Hola
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Palun
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
eesti keel
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
estonien
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
13th century
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Romance
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Estonian and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Catalan language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Estonian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.