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Japanese and Estonian


Estonian and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
99  
40
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
14  
4
18  
8

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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.  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
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  

History

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
8  
8
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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All Japanese and Estonian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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