Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Finnish
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
ciao
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Palun
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
scusate
  
Bye
Head aega
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
eesti keel
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Italiano
  
French Name
estonien
  
italien
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Italians
  
Origin
13th century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Romance
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Estonian and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Italian language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Italian Difficulty
The Estonian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.