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Estonian vs Estonian


Estonian vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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.   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Estonian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Estonian language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Estonian Language History.

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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.

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