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Spanish vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
hola  

Thank You
aitäh  
Gracias  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Buenos Días  

Please
Palun  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Vabandust  
triste  

Bye
Head aega  
adiós  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
eesti keel  
Español  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
estonien  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Estnisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
13th century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Romance  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
spa  

ISO 639 3
est  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Estonian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Spanish language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Estonian vs Spanish Difficulty

The Estonian vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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