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French vs Estonian


Estonian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

National Language
France   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Tere   

Thank You
Merci   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Tere hommikust   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Palun   

Sorry
désolé   
Vabandust   

Bye
au revoir   
Head aega   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Idamurre   

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Français   
Eesti keel   

French Name
français   
estonien   

German Name
Französisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Estonians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Estonian   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
est   

ISO 639 3
fra   
est   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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French and Estonian Language History

Comparison of French vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Estonian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Estonian Language History.

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

French vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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