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Finnish and Estonian Speaking countries


Estonian and Finnish Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Finnish and Estonian as Minority Language

In Finnish and Estonian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Estonian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
  • Estonian as minority language: Denmark, Russia, Sweden.

If you want to compare Finnish and Estonian dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Estonian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Finnish and Estonian Regulators

Finnish and Estonian speaking countries provide you Finnish and Estonian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Estonian is regulated by Institute of the Estonian Language. Also get to learn, Finnish and Estonian Language History.

Finnish and Estonian Continents

Thinking about Finnish and Estonian continents in which Finnish and Estonian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Estonian. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Estonian speaking countries lie in Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Finnish and Estonian languages:

Finnish Interesting Facts:

Estonian Interesting Facts:

The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Finnish and derived from Not Available.

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