Countries
Estonia, European Union
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Finnish
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
aitäh
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Head ööd
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Sorry
Vabandust
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Head aega
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
ma armastan sind
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Vabandage
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Not Available
French Name
estonien
chinois
German Name
Estnisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
13th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Uralic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Not Available
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Estonian and Chinese 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 Estonian and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Chinese Speaking population
Estonian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Estonian and Chinese on Estonian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Chinese Language Codes
Estonian and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.