Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Estonia, European Union
  
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 in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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.
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.