Countries
Japan
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Japan
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Tere
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Palun
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
japonais
  
estonien
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1185
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Japanese and Estonian Speaking population
Japanese and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Estonian on Japanese vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Estonian Language Codes
Japanese and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.