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Romanian and Estonian


Estonian and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Finnish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
alo   
Tere   

Thank You
multumesc   
aitäh   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Vă Rog   
Palun   

Sorry
scuze   
Vabandust   

Bye
La revedere   
Head aega   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Eesti keel   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
estonien   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Estonians   

History

Origin
1521   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Estonian   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
est   

ISO 639 3
ron   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Romanian 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 Romanian and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Romanian and Estonian Speaking population

Romanian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % 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 Romanian and Estonian on Romanian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Estonian Language Codes

Romanian and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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