Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.