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Italian vs Estonian


Estonian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Finnish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
ciao   
Tere   

Thank You
grazie   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Per Favore   
Palun   

Sorry
scusate   
Vabandust   

Bye
arrivederci   
Head aega   

I Love You
Ti amo   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Eesti keel   

French Name
italien   
estonien   

German Name
Italienisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Estonians   

History

Origin
960 BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Estonian   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
est   

ISO 639 3
ita   
est   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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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Italian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Estonian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Estonian Language History.

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

Italian vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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