Countries
Estonia, European Union
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Finnish
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Tere
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
aitäh
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Head ööd
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Palun
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Vabandust
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Head aega
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Mariupol
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
estonien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Estnisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
13th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Hellenic
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Estonian
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
esto1258
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Estonian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Greek language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Greek Difficulty
The Estonian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.