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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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