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Catalan vs Estonian


Estonian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Tere  

Thank You
Gràcies  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Sisplau  
Palun  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Vabandust  

Bye
Adéu  
Head aega  

I Love You
T'estimo  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Idamurre  

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

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
català  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Eesti keel  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
estonien  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Estonian  

Language Position
32  
30
22  
20

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
est  

ISO 639 3
cat  
est  

ISO 639 6
cat  
est  

Glottocode
stan1289  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Catalan and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Estonian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Estonian Language History.

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

Catalan vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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