Estonian and Finnish
Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Finland
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Finnish
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Head ööd
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Hyvää huomenta
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Finland
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
eesti keel
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Suomi
French Name
estonien
finnois
German Name
Estnisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Estonians
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Uralic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Estonian
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
esto1258
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Estonian and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Finnish Speaking population
Estonian and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Estonian vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Finnish Language Codes
Estonian and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.