Countries
Israel
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Israel
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Tere
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Palun
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
hébreu
  
estonien
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Estonian language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Estonian Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.