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Estonian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
aitäh   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Head ööd   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
god morgon   

Please
Palun   
vänligen   

Sorry
Vabandust   
ledsen   

Bye
Head aega   
hej då   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Dialects   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
eesti keel   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
estonien   
suédois   

German Name
Estnisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
13th century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Germanic   

Branch
Finnic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
Not Available   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
swe   

ISO 639 3
est   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Estonian and Swedish Language History

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

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

Estonian vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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