Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Finnish
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Tere
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Palun
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
eesti keel
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
estonien
  
estonien
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Estonians
  
Origin
13th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Estonian
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Estonian and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Estonian language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Estonian Difficulty
The Estonian vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.