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Estonian vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Akademio de Esperanto  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Halo  

Thank You
aitäh  
Dankon  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Palun  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
Head aega  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Not present  

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Not present  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
eesti keel  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
estonien  
espéranto  

German Name
Estnisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
13th century  
1887  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Esperanto  

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
epo  

ISO 639 3
est  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Estonian and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Esperanto language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Estonian and Esperanto Language History.

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Estonian and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Esperanto language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Estonian vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Estonian vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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