Countries
Estonia, European Union
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
South Africa
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Finnish
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
aitäh
Thank you
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
How are you?
Good Night
Head ööd
Good Night
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Good Morning
I Love You
ma armastan sind
I love you
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
American English
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tartu
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Welsh English
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
English
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Not Available
French Name
estonien
anglais
German Name
Estnisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Estonians
Not Available
Origin
13th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Not Available
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Estonian
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
esto1258
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Estonian and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and English language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs English Difficulty
The Estonian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.