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Romanian vs Estonian


Estonian vs 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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Romanian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Estonian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Romanian and Estonian Language History.

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Romanian 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 Romanian and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Estonian language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Estonian Difficulty

The Romanian vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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