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Spanish vs Estonian


Estonian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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 Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
Tere   

Thank You
Gracias   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Por Favor   
Palun   

Sorry
triste   
Vabandust   

Bye
adiós   
Head aega   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Eesti keel   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
estonien   

German Name
Spanisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Estonians   

History

Origin
210 BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Estonian   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
est   

ISO 639 3
spa   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Spanish and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Estonian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Estonian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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