Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Estonia, European Union
  
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 in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.