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Estonian vs Finnish


Finnish vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Moi  

Thank You
aitäh  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Palun  
haluta  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Head aega  
Heippa  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
eesti keel  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Suomi  

French Name
estonien  
finnois  

German Name
Estnisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
13th century  
1543  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Finnic  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
standard Finnish  

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
fin  

ISO 639 3
est  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
finn1318  

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, Synthetic  

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Estonian and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Finnish language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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

Estonian vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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