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Estonian

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Countries

Countries

Estonia, European Union
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Estonia, Gambia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Institute of the Estonian Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Finnish
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

97
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1817
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Tere
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

aitäh
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

kuidas sul läheb
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Head ööd
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Tere õhtust
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Tere päevast
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Tere hommikust
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Palun
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Vabandust
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Head aega
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

ma armastan sind
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Vabandage
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Keskmurre
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Greece

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tartu
Griko

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Estonia
Italy

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Idamurre
Mariupol

Where They Speak

France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.0013,000,000.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.95 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.10 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

eesti keel
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Eesti keel
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

estonien
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Estnisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Estonians
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

13th century
1500 BC

Language Family

Uralic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Finno-Ugric
Hellenic

Branch

Finnic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Estonian
Modern Greek

Language Position

2274
1 120
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Signed Forms

Estonian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

et
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

est
ell

ISO 639 2/B

est
gre

ISO 639 3

est
ell

ISO 639 6

est
ells

Glottocode

esto1258
gree1276

Linguasphere

No data available
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Estonian and Greek Alphabets

Estonian and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Estonian and Greek. In Estonian Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Estonian and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Estonian and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Estonian and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Estonian and Greek Speaking population

Estonian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Estonian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Greek Language Codes

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