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French and Estonian


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
2  
13
32  
3

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
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

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
1,300,000.00  
99+
6,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
African French  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Africa  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
274,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
1.12 %  
18

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
87.00 million  
11

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
22  
20
13  
12

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  

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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.

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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.

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