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Estonian Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Estonia, European Union
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Estonia, Gambia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
1.7 Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
1.9 Similar To
Finnish
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
27
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Tere
3.2 Thank You
aitäh
3.3 How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
3.4 Good Night
Head ööd
3.5 Good Evening
Tere õhtust
3.6 Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
3.7 Good Morning
Tere hommikust
3.8 Please
Palun
3.9 Sorry
Vabandust
3.10 Bye
Head aega
3.11 I Love You
ma armastan sind
3.12 Excuse Me
Vabandage
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Keskmurre
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Tartu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Idamurre
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
1.10 million
Rank: 86 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
0.95 million
Rank: 81 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
eesti keel
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eesti keel
5.3.4 French Name
estonien
5.3.5 German Name
Estnisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Estonians
6 History
6.1 Origin
13th century
6.2 Language Family
Uralic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
6.2.2 Branch
Finnic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Estonian
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
et
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
est
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
est
7.3 ISO 639 3
est
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
esto1258
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative

Origin of Estonian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Estonian language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Estonian language states that it was put to use in 13th century. The history of Estonian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Estonian Language History. Estonian has no early forms. Estonian is the standard form of Estonian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Estonian Language.

Estonian population

Estonian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Estonian language. Estonian language is spoken by 1.10 million people in the world. Most of the Estonian population lies in the Estonian Speaking Countries. Estonian language is spoken as first language by 0.95 million people and no total count of people speaking Estonian as second language. Get to know Estonian speaking population in detail.

Estonian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Estonian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Estonian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Estonian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Estonian language

Check out all the information about Estonian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Estonian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Estonian Speaking Countries, Estonian speaking continents and Estonian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Estonian countries knowing common Estonian Greetings will help you in communicating with Estonian people.

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