Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Finnish
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Palun
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Head aega
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
eesti keel
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
estonien
  
marathe
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
13th century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Estonian and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Marathi language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Marathi Difficulty
The Estonian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.