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Swedish and Estonian


Estonian and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Sweden   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
Tere   

Thank You
tacka dig   
aitäh   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
godnatt   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Tere hommikust   

Please
vänligen   
Palun   

Sorry
ledsen   
Vabandust   

Bye
hej då   
Head aega   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Idamurre   

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

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Eesti keel   

French Name
suédois   
estonien   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Estonians   

History

Origin
13th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Estonian   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
est   

ISO 639 3
swe   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Swedish and Estonian Speaking population

Swedish and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Estonian on Swedish vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Estonian Language Codes

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

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