Countries
Estonia, European Union
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Finnish
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Head ööd
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Bonjour
Please
Palun
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tartu
African French
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Africa
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Swiss French
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
français
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Français
French Name
estonien
français
German Name
Estnisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Not Available
Origin
13th century
9th Century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Romance
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Estonian
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
esto1258
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Estonian and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and French language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs French Difficulty
The Estonian vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.
