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Estonian and English


English and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
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   

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

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

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Not Available   

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

Similar To
Finnish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Hello   

Thank You
aitäh   
Thank you   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
How are you?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Good Morning   

Please
Palun   
Please   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Sorry   

Bye
Head aega   
Bye   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
American English   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
eesti keel   
English   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Not Available   

French Name
estonien   
anglais   

German Name
Estnisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
eng   

ISO 639 3
est   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
esto1258   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Estonian and English Speaking population

Estonian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Estonian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and English Language Codes

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

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