Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Estonia, European Union
  
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 in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.