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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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