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Finnish vs Estonian


Estonian vs Finnish


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  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
13  
3
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Tere  

Thank You
Kiitos  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Tere hommikust  

Please
haluta  
Palun  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Vabandust  

Bye
Heippa  
Head aega  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Georgia, South Estonia  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Idamurre  

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

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Eesti keel  

French Name
finnois  
estonien  

German Name
Finnisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Estonians  

History

Origin
1543  
13th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Finnic  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Estonian  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
est  

ISO 639 3
fin  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Finnish and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Estonian language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Estonian 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 Finnish and Estonian Language History.

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

Finnish vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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