Countries
Estonia, European Union
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
-
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Finnish
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2762
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
92
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1860
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
aitäh
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Head ööd
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Palun
амритана
Sorry
Vabandust
Амарахь
Bye
Head aega
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
ma armastan sind
-
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Sadz
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.95 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
1.10 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
eesti keel
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
estonien
abkhaze
German Name
Estnisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Abkhaz people
Origin
13th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Uralic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
-
Branch
Finnic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Abkhaz
Language Position
2228
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
et
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
abk
ISO 639 2/B
est
abk
ISO 639 3
est
abk
ISO 639 6
est
abks
Glottocode
esto1258
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative