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Slovene vs Estonian


Estonian vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Serbo-Croatian   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
2   
1
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Tere   

Thank You
Hvala   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Prosim   
Palun   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Vabandust   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
Head aega   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Resian   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Idamurre   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Eesti keel   

French Name
slovène   
estonien   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Estonians   

History

Origin
972-1093   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
est   

ISO 639 3
slv   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Slovene and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Estonian language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Estonian Language History.

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

Slovene vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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