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Estonian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Finnish   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Tere   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Palun   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Vabandust   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Head aega   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Idamurre   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Eesti keel   

French Name
russe   
estonien   

German Name
Russisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Estonians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Eastern   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Estonian   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
est   

ISO 639 3
rus   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Russian and Estonian Speaking population

Russian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Estonian on Russian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Estonian Language Codes

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

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