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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Estonia, European Union

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Estonia, Gambia

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe

Minority Language

South Africa
Denmark, Russia, Sweden

Regulated By

-
Institute of the Estonian Language

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Finnish

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2118
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

72
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Tere

Thank You

Thank you
aitäh

How Are You?

How are you?
kuidas sul läheb

Good Night

Good Night
Head ööd

Good Evening

Good Evening
Tere õhtust

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast

Good Morning

Good Morning
Tere hommikust

Please

Please
Palun

Sorry

Sorry
Vabandust

Bye

Bye
Head aega

I Love You

I love you
ma armastan sind

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Vabandage

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Keskmurre

Where They Speak

United States of America
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.001,300,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Tartu

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Georgia, South Estonia

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.001,300,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Idamurre

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1888
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million1.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million0.95 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million1.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
eesti keel

Alternative Names

English
Eesti keel

French Name

anglais
estonien

German Name

Englisch
Estnisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]

Ethnicity

English people
Estonians

History

Origin

5th Century AD
13th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Uralic Family

Subgroup

-
Finno-Ugric

Branch

-
Finnic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Estonian

Language Position

322
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Estonian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
et

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
est

ISO 639 2/B

eng
est

ISO 639 3

eng
est

ISO 639 6

engs
est

Glottocode

stan1293
esto1258

Linguasphere

52-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative

English and Estonian Alphabets

English and Estonian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Estonian. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Estonian Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn English and Estonian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Estonian languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Estonian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Estonian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Estonian Speaking population

English and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 English and Estonian on English vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Estonian Language Codes

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