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Estonian
Estonian

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French



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Countries

Countries

Estonia, European Union
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Estonia, Gambia
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Institute of the Estonian Language
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

Interesting Facts

  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Finnish
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

96
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1820
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Tere
bonjour

Thank You

aitäh
Merci

How Are You?

kuidas sul läheb
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Head ööd
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Tere õhtust
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Tere päevast
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Tere hommikust
Bonjour

Please

Palun
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Vabandust
désolé

Bye

Head aega
au revoir

I Love You

ma armastan sind
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Vabandage
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Keskmurre
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tartu
African French

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Estonia
Africa

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Idamurre
Swiss French

Where They Speak

France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

825
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.10 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.95 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.10 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

eesti keel
français

Alternative Names

Eesti keel
Français

French Name

estonien
français

German Name

Estnisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Estonians
French people

History

Origin

13th century
9th Century

Language Family

Uralic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Finno-Ugric
Romance

Branch

Finnic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Estonian
Standard French

Language Position

2213
1 120
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Signed Forms

Estonian Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

et
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

est
fra

ISO 639 2/B

est
fre

ISO 639 3

est
fra

ISO 639 6

est
fras

Glottocode

esto1258
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Estonian and French Alphabets

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

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

Estonian and French Speaking population

Estonian and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and French languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Estonian vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and French Language Codes

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